AL: Ex-employee of Electronic Data Systems charged with stealing identities

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://birmingham.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2007/08/06/daily11.html?jst=b_ln_hl

A Montgomery woman, a former employee of Electronic Data Systems, was 
arrested this week for allegedly trafficking in stolen identities she 
received through her work with the company.

Attorney General Troy King annouced the arrest of Kwantrice M. Thornton, 
24. The warrant charges Thornton with Medicaid fraud and claims she 
"obtained the names and identifying information of 498 Alabama Medicaid 
recipients and subsequently sold 50 of those identities to other 
individuals to be used in filing fraudulent federal tax returns."

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