A man convicted of illegally possessing and using patient information from West Kendall Baptist Hospital in Miami, a member of Coral Gables-based Baptist Health South Florida, has been sentenced to 31 months in prison.
According to court documents, the defendant, Cristobal Raul Puig, bought patient information from a West Kendall employee and used the stolen information to file fraudulent income tax returns.
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