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Because I write so much about identity theft I read a lot about it, too. And what I’m seeing lately is a lot of medical identity theft.
The story I saw today came from the Baltimore Sun: Christel Ebony Norwood stole the names, birth dates and Social Security numbers of at least 49 people from two medical facilities where she worked. She use it to get a fraudulent driver’s license and change the mailing address of her victims so she got their mail and they didn’t see the bills she was running up in their names. Among her purchases was a 2002 Mercedes-Benz she financed for $35,560.
Last week the big medical identity theft news from the LA Times was about a Cedars-Sinai Medical Center former employee who stole the personal information of at least 1,000 patients and parlayed it into fraudulent insurance claims worth at least $69,000. That’s a nice chunk of change, but he might have made additional money by selling that information to others.
One of the biggest identity theft stories of 2008 had to be the one about an extortion attempt involving Express Scripts and a few million of their customers. The extortionist added credibility to their ransom request by adding the details of 75 of the company’s members, including their names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and even some prescription info. The message was “Pay up, or we publish similar information on millions of your customers on the Internet.”
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March 27th, 2009 at 6:39 am
I always confront mistakes in my doctor’s records. I’ve heard that when people tell their doctors they that the mistakes are bcs of med. ID theft they won’t make the corrections. Best to avoid it in the first place.
March 30th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Thank you for writing about these crimes. People need to be made aware of the risks of identity theft in all its forms.
May 1st, 2009 at 2:35 pm
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