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Former Highmark employee accused of misusing customer info to steal money from their health savings accounts

Posted on June 24, 2023 by Dissent

Jillian Hartmann of WPXI reports on an insider-wrongdoing case that has affected 8 customers of Highmark Health:

Allegheny County District Attorney’s office charged Zakayah Scott who worked remotely from South Carolina for Highmark Health.

Authorities said Scott had access to customers’ personal information including birthdays, addresses and phone numbers.

They said she called Highmark’s customer service department, claiming to be one of the victims, change their password to their health savings account, log in, then withdrew and transferred money. The amount stolen totals more than $50,000

Read more at Yahoo!News.

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