Eight people been indicted in an identity theft case, one of whom is a Montefiore Medical Center employee. Members of the ring used patient information to make thousands of dollars worth of purchases at retailers and department stores in Manhattan.
The case is being heard by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. and the defendants are being tried in the New York State Supreme Court on various counts of Grand Larceny in the Second and Third Degrees, Identity Theft in the First Degree, and Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the Second Degree.
Monique Walker, 32, was an employee at Montefiore Medical Center. As an assistant clerk in one of the hospital wings she had access to patients’ names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and other personal information. During 2012 and 2013, she supplied information of thousands of patients to her partners in crime at $3 per patient.
The fraud is to the tune of $50,000 and information of as many as 12,000 people who were patients at Montefiore Medical Center could be compromised.
