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PA doctor accused of identity theft
Healthcare Security Weekly, June 27, 2005
A former resident physician in Pennsylvania allegedly stole personal information from his colleagues while working at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia and used it to purchase $12,895 worth of merchandise on the Internet, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
Philadelphia prosecutors arraigned Joseph C. Kim on charges of identity theft, credit card fraud, theft by deception, forgery, and receiving stolen property after police say they discovered that he went through coworkers' possessions and took down names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and birthdates.
Authorities began an investigation after a hospital employee reported several doctors had been the victims of identity theft.
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