Man Charged With Identity Theft Of Patients At NY Hospital
April 13, 2008
New York (dbTechno) - A man, 38-year old Dwight McPherson of Brooklyn, has been charged with the identity theft of 40,000 patients at the New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He managed to steal the information while working at the hospital.
McPherson was arrested on Friday night in relation to the identity thefts. This came just after the investigation revealed that the criminal activity did take place.
He used his power as an employee at the hospital to steal the information of 40,000 patients. He used the hospital’s computer registration system and gathered up their names, phone numbers, as well as social security numbers over the course of the past five or six years.
A spokesperson for the hospital has stated that they do not believe any patients have been victims of fraud due to this criminal activity.
He was arraigned on Saturday in federal court in Manhattan. He has been charged with computer fraud, identity document fraud, transmission of stolen property and sale of stolen property.
His next court appearance is set for May 12. He has confessed to taking part in the identity thefts.
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This scum should get the maximum penality. This kind of lowlife people not ruin the health of people but create years of misery once again. Where are law makers. They should know these low life ruin give slow death to whose identies are stolen. These low life should be jailed for ever.