Cousins face ID theft and fraud charges for stealing medical records in Florida

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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-dfraud09sep09,0,7481801.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

Combining an "unwholesome criminal trilogy" of identity theft, medical
privacy violations and health-care fraud, two cousins stole the personal
information of more than 1,100 Cleveland Clinic patients and billed more
than $2.8 million in Medicare charges, federal prosecutors said Friday.

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