Opinion ID: 2796610
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Heading: Underlying Fraud Scheme

Text: From October 8, 2012 through December 28, 2012, Defendant, through a temporary staffing company, worked in the cashier’s office of the Mt. Sinai Medical Center (“Mt. Sinai”). In December 2012, he was reassigned to Mt. Sinai’s purchasing department, where he worked until February 2013. In December 2012 and January 2013, Defendant used his ID badge to enter the cashier’s office after the other employees had left. Using a co-worker’s username and password, he logged into the computer system and printed 2 Case: 14-10578 Date Filed: 04/27/2015 Page: 3 of 22 screenshots of patient information, including names, dates of birth, addresses, and social security numbers. He printed approximately 94 pages of screenshots from the Mt. Sinai computer database. Those 94 pages contained approximately 700 names, dates of birth, and social security numbers, of which 613 matched the information maintained by the Social Security Administration. Defendant also photocopied approximately 207 checks (dated December 2012 through February 2013) made payable to Mt. Sinai from individual patients. He then used this personal identifying information to file tax returns. He received tax refunds on prepaid debit cards.