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Hospital Employee Arrested on Charges of Stealing Credit Card Numbers From Patients

Thousands of patients at Baptist Hospital appear to have had their credit card information stolen by an employee, Adrian Green, who was arrested late last week. Green was caught after using Baptist telephone extensions to give various names in purchasing $3,000 worth of fancy watches, according to an affidavit filed by U.S. Secret Service Agent Shannon Jayroe.

Worker arrested in Baptist privacy breach, Miami Herald, March 31, 2007.