Health department workers admit to stealing patient info

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Two now-former Department of Health employees have admitted in federal court that they illegally took private information on hundreds of patients, which was then used in a tax-return scheme.

The discovery and arrests of Shanterica Smith and Gerald Williams prompted the health department to send security-breach notices to roughly 2,000 patients in October.

Smith and Williams each pleaded guilty this month to a federal fraud charge, admitting they took names, Social Security numbers and birth dates of health department patients.

According to their plea agreements, the investigation into the tax scheme began in 2011, when an Orange County detective found a handwritten list of about 150 names and Social Security numbers.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-department-of-health-breach-tax-fraud-20131220,0,4165148.story

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1. how long before some idiot blames this on Obamacare? nt