NYC nurse arrested for gassing up car with credit card stolen from dying coronavirus patient

[left-of-center2012]

A Staten Island nurse was busted on charges of stealing a credit card from the hospital room of a dying coronavirus patient — and paying for grocery shopping and gas with the pilfered plastic, officials said Thursday. Danielle Conti, 43, allegedly swiped the card from 70-year-old Anthony Catapano sometime between April 4 and 12 as she went about her rounds at hard-hit Staten Island University Hospital North.

Catapano died of COVID-19 complications on April 12. Tara Catapano discovered the fraud while looking at her dead father’s credit card bill and noticing a charge of $60.23 for purchases at a the grocery store and a gas station. The charges were dated April 9 — when her father was moved into the ventilator unit, said the devastated daughter.

Conti used the dying man’s credit card at a gas station, sources said. The victim’s daughter said the card was also used at a ShopRite. Tara Catapano said the credit card bill set off alarms immediately because of the gas charges, since her father always paid with cash when filling his car. She then checked the date and realized her dad had been in his dying days when the purchase was made.

Conti was charged with grand larceny and ordered to appear in Staten Island Criminal Court at a later date. She has worked at Staten Island University Hospital since 2007, and a hospital spokesman said she was immediately suspended and faced possible termination over the charges.

“We are working closely with the law enforcement authorities and the hospital is conducting its own investigation,” he added.

https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-nurse-steals-credit-card-dying-coronavirus-patient-20200507-2p3ihwwe7nfv5hddioyrlioau4-story.html

[janterry]

1. someone in the ambulence stole my mother's wedding ring

when she died (also in NY).

Just a few years ago.

We never got it back.

[malaise]

13. Are you serious?

Who are these horrible people?

[janterry]

14. it was shocking

and we miss having that - to pass down in the family. It wasn't even worth much. It was just a small old fashioned ring.

[malaise]

15. It was worth way more than money to you

and your family.

[FarPoint]

2. I Sooooo hate hearing this!

A bad apple this one...

[Freddie]

3. Mom's 1+ carat diamond ring

Mysteriously disappeared at the assisted living place.
But this is especially rotten, by a nurse yet. I figured the low-paid aides took Mom’s ring.

[left-of-center2012]

4. My mother's gold wedding band 'disappeared' ...

My mother's gold wedding band 'disappeared' when she was in the hospital for a broken hip.

Hospital said "Maybe she never had one?"

[SoCalNative]

5. Every hospital I've dealt with

stores a patient's valuables until they are discharged. And they give you an inventory list before they take them for safekeeping. Why don't all hospitals do this?

[Initech]

6. My neighbor got robbed this way.

And it was by his housekeeper too. It's insane to think that people could take advantage of others this way.

[Initech]

7. Some people just really suck.

[Marrah_Goodman]

8. There are some really shitty people in the world

[demtenjeep]

9. when I know I'm going to be in the hospital I remove all of my rings

if I go unexpectedly, like in Feb. My husband takes them home with him.



It started because the first time I was in with Pancreatitis, My IV blew and no one noticed until my arm and hand on my wedding ring finger grew twice it's normal size

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. Did they run the IV while you wore your wedding ring?

That should be lesson #1 in phlebotomy class.

[demtenjeep]

16. yes

and my hand/arm was swollen almost twice the normal size

I had pancreatitis and it was super painful and was on a Dilaudid drip ( allergic to Morphine)

that I pushed every 10 minutes. So, I slept a lot and didn't notice my arm or hand for a couple minutes.
Then I panicked.

[sunonmars]

11. This is about as low as you can go - evil.

[harumph]

12. No. It's very very unethical - but evil? Evil is arguing

in court that detained immigrants don't need to be provided toothpaste sanitary napkins or showers. Evil is not taking measures to
see that nurses and doctors are protected with adequate PPE. Evil is doing what those clowns did to that jogger in
Georgia. To say this is evil - kinda cheapens the word dontcha think? I'm not excusing her actions - she must be fired -
but EVIL. Don't think so.