Hospital Employee Accused Of Identity Theft
Woman Allegedly Applied For Credit Cards
POSTED: Monday, May 4, 2009
UPDATED: 12:28 pm CDT May 4,
2009
HOUSTON -- A hospital employee has been accused of stealing patients' identities, KPRC Local 2 reported.
Acting U.S. Attorney Tim Johnson said 29-year-old Nakeshia Brown used her position as a patient care assistant at Memorial Hermann Hospital to steal personal information and then used it to apply for credit cards.
Brown has been accused of applying for a credit card on March 15 with the personal information of a patient who died on Feb. 26.
Brown has been charged with one count of bank fraud and one count of identity theft.
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