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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A former security guard at Rhode Island Hospital is to be sentenced today in U.S. District Court on charges he stole patients' and job applicants' identity information and used it to open cell phone and charge accounts at RadioShack.

Michael Bermudez, a former contract security guard at the hospital in Providence, pleaded guilty in August to conspiracy to commit credit-card fraud, trafficking in unauthorized and counterfeit access devices (credit cards and cell phones), and aggravated identity theft (identity theft used in committing another crime).

Maximum penalties for each count of conspiracy and trafficking in counterfeit and unauthorized access devices is five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Aggravated identity theft requires a mandatory, consecutive two-year prison term.

-- With archival reports

 Tags  Providence Rhode Island Hospital U.S. District Court

Comments

Tony Warne said:

Just another one of the many Law Enforcement Officers that have gone astray.

Sad to see, sometimes the temptations become just too much.

Link | February 9, 2009 3:24 AM
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