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Man Charged in ID Theft at NY Hospital

Posted on April 12, 2008 by Dissent

Verena Dobnick of the Associated Press reports:

A man who worked in the admissions department at a prestigious Manhattan hospital has been charged with stealing and selling information on nearly 50,000 patients.

Dwight McPherson, 38, a former worker at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, was arrested Friday night, shortly after the hospital announced the security breach.

[…]

Prosecutors said McPherson exploited his access to the hospital’s computer registration system to acquire lists of patient names, phone numbers and Social Security numbers over a two-year period.

Authorities became aware that something was amiss when printouts of patient records were discovered in Atlanta during an investigation by postal inspectors, according to a complaint filed by prosecutors Saturday.

Full story – AP

Comment: Curiously, those who recruited McPherson specifically wanted information on male patients born between 1950 and 1970.

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