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(follow-up) Former UCSF employee pleads guilty to online scam

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Dissent

The Associated Press reports that Cam Giang, a former employee at the UCSF Medical Center, pleaded guilty to using his colleagues’ personal information without their consent to get vouchers for purchases at Amazon.com.

Federal prosecutors say that from January to April he used his fellow employees’ Social Security numbers to create hundreds of accounts with StayWell Health Management Inc. They say he completed 382 online health surveys for StayWell in exchange for hundreds of $100 online vouchers for Amazon.com.

Authorities have not disclosed how Giang obtained his colleagues’ personal information.

Read more in the Press-Enterprise. Previous coverage on DataBreaches.net can be found here.

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