Nurse accused of stealing identities of hospital patients

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http://www.9news.com/news/article/203400/339/Nurse-accused-of-stealing-patients-identities

Nurse accused of stealing identities of hospital patients
10:50 PM, Jun 14, 2011

DENVER - A nurse who worked at five or more hospitals in the Denver area 
faces 90 felony charges in a wide-ranging identity theft investigation, 
9Wants to Know investigators have learned.

Prosecutors suspect a registered nurse working at several hospitals 
through a nurse staffing agencies improperly accessed patient files to 
steal Social Security numbers and other sensitive information, and opened 
credit cards in patients' names to make purchases.

Cannon Tubb, 30, who recently lived in Denver, was arrested on a fugitive 
warrant in his native state of Texas on May 31.

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