Ex-benefits clerk pleads no contest to ID theft charges

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

It appears Kaiser Permanente suffered a breach of 29,000:

http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2011/08/04/benefits-clerk-no-contest-identity-theft.html

Mia Garza, 31, pleaded no contest to multiple felony counts of
identity theft while out on bail for identity theft charges in Contra
Costa and Sacramento counties, Sacramento County District Attorney Jan
Scully announced Wednesday... Garza had been a benefits clerk with the
Service Employees International Union - United Healthcare Workers in
Oakland.
...
In 2007, according to Scully’s office, Garza unlawfully accessed
electronic files containing names, addresses and personal information
for more than 29,000 Kaiser Permanente employees. She then ran
background checks and credit reports on the employees to find their
accounts. With the personnel data, she tapped accounts of 400 victims
in 14 counties.
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