According to court documents, Montgomery, Ala., resident Alana Wells admitted to stealing the names, dates of birth and social security numbers of patients from her employer’s database protected under HIPPA.
DOJ officials did not release the name or location of the healthcare company Ms. Wells worked for during the incident.
Ms. Wells also admitted to providing those identities to her two co-conspirators. Together, they would file fraudulent tax returns with the IRS and request refunds, according to DOJ officials.
Ms. Wells’s accomplices were sentenced to 60 to 74 months in prison. A date has not been set for her own sentencing hearing.
If convicted, she faces a maximum of five years in prison for conspiracy and a mandatory two-year sentence for aggravated identity theft.
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