A nurse at Albany (N.Y.)
The nurse allegedly stole the affected patients' Social Security numbers and other personal information and then used the data to open credit card accounts and to print fake bank checks. According to the charges against her, the nurse had been stealing patient information for at least one year and maybe as long as four years, according to the report.
Law enforcement arrested the nurse at the hospital May 7, and seized laptops used by the nurse as well as the equipment she allegedly used to print the fake checks, according to the report.
At this time, it is still unclear how many patients' information may have been affected, according to the report.
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