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Man pretending to be priest steals from patient
Healthcare Security Weekly, July 23, 2007
Hospitals and law enforcement agencies in East Texas are on alert for a man who pretended to be a priest and stole a credit card from at least one hospital patient.
The suspect approached patients at Kilgore's Laird Hospital in Kilgore, TX where a 78-year-old patient later found his credit card had been stolen, police told the Associated Press. The suspect was caught on security video at a Kilgore pharmacy, using the credit card to buy $800 worth of gift certificates.
Police said the man wears a collar and pretends to minister to his victims. Witnesses told police the man appeared to be praying with some patients.
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