Aetna Documents Found On Side Of Road

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http://www.wfsb.com/news/23714008/detail.html

Aetna Documents Found On Side Of Road
Sensitive Information Contained In Documents, Couple Says

POSTED: 6:48 pm EDT May 28, 2010
UPDATED: 7:20 pm EDT May 28, 2010

HARTFORD, Conn. -- A cabinet full of documents with sensitive information 
was found sitting on the side of the road. Now, Aetna has some questions 
to answer.

Donna Guiel, of East Hartford, said she made the discovery about a month 
ago and on Friday, she gave the documents to investigators with Aetna 
Insurance Co.

Channel 3 Eyewitness News cameras were rolling when Guiel and her husband, 
John, transferred eight bags full of insurance documents, many with social 
security numbers, to Aetna.

Donna said she saw a bureau on the side of the road in front of Admiral 
Storage in South Windsor with a sign that said "free." She brought it home 
and inside the couple discovered the documents.

John said, "Eight bags of nothing but social security numbers and names, 
death benefits. People that went into hospitals, what kind of drugs they 
were on."

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