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Healthcare Security Weekly, February 4, 2008
A worker at a New Jersey hospital was arrested for allegedly selling the identities of at least 45 emergency room patients in what police say was part of an elaborate credit fraud scheme.
Police said that Samuel Jacobs, 28, who worked at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson transporting patients from the emergency department, may have stolen names, addresses, and Social Security and credit card numbers of as many as 90 people, reported The Record.
Jacobs allegedly sold the information to another New Jersey man who used the identities to open scores of credit, debit and bank accounts, many with an online brokerage firm, the newspaper reported. The man stole at least $70,000 which he spent on electronics, cruises, and vacations.
Police said Jacobs took and photocopied patient "face sheets," or records containing names and other information and sold them for $150 a batch. Some victims of the scam were alerted to the identify theft when they began receiving mail from the online brokerage firm. Police said anyone treated in the emergency department between May and October 2007 should check their credit records for any unusual activity.
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