Paula McMahon reports on yet another case of insider data theft involving patients in Florida:
Curtis Fullwood’s job was to help patients with mental health problems find work they could do in the South Florida State Hospital in Pembroke Pines, but instead, authorities say, he stole their identities.
Fullwood, 57, and his cousin, Terri Davis, 45, have pleaded not guilty to a federal indictment charging them with conspiracy to commit identity theft, conspiring to disclose individual’s health information, access device fraud, wrongful disclosure of health information and aggravated identity theft.
The two are accused of working together to steal individual patients’ names and social security numbers to file fraudulent income tax returns between September of last year and April, investigators said.
Read more on Sun Sentinel. The state hospital is run by GEO Care LLC, a private company.