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Everett medical worker charged with ID theft of 39 patients

Ellen Davis reports: An Everett medical worker stole sensitive records from 39 patients, including elderly patients, to forge identities she then used to rent an apartment and buy two cars, according to unprofessional conduct charges filed by the Washington State Department of Health. The woman, 37, has also been charged in a separate criminal case with identity theft from Swedish Hospital patients. The victims were in two distinct age groups: seniors in their 70s to 90s, and younger women who looked somewhat like the suspect, deputy prosecutor Halley Hupp wrote. Read more on HeraldNet.DataBreaches.netRead More