Patient Privacy Law's First Conviction
A medical technician became the first person to be sentence to prison for violation of the new federal medical privacy law after being convicted of ID theft of a cancer patient. A patient undergoing leukemia treatment had to content with ID theft once he became aware of the problem. He contacted banks and credit card companies to request that they not issue credit, but in some cases they did so any way.
First Sentence for Violating Privacy Law, New York Times, November 7, 2004
