YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE JANE!
Worth the read from the Author---
Why I became a Certified ID Theft Risk Management Specialist & Registered Private Investigator!!!!
HIRED THE WRONG EMPLOYEE: AS A FORMER MEDICAL EQUIPMENT BUSINESS OWNER in Virginia, I HIRED THE "WRONG EMPLOYEE" as many of us have done over the years. Due to my bad experiences, I closed the doors to my two businesses. The employee ripped my business to shreds. The businesses were not worth salvaging after the devastation of what the employee had done.
BANKING:This employee opened up an online checking account, stole the bank statements, got the bank to give him my signature cards, bled into my second business, interrupted and diverted all forms of communication, and got past all locks and security systems.
MEDICAL FILES AND BUSINESS RECORDS STOLEN:Of course, he stole my medical files and business records to include patient and physician records, EOB's, proprietary information and took over my electronic communications. He even communicated with medicare and other forms of insurance companies.
SECURITY WOULD NOT STOP THEM ONCE THEY HAD MY IDENTITY:
The thieves were able to get past: locks, doors, security systems, my computers, my email messages, vendor accounts, got the bank to cash/deposit stolen checks and altered checks, stole credit cards, lock box contents, keys, wallet information all stolen, tax documents, my personal belongings to include jewelry, household items, banking documents, mail was stolen and redirected to a Subway, opened accounts using my name, stole my car and SUV (retrieved them), stole contents from: my storage units, my house and apartment, stole clothes, my social security card, drivers license, and business insurance documents. The employee conducted business with my business insurance agent and had the agent add his entire family onto my medical insurance at the cost of $2,000 dollars and used the medical id to have surgery. They altered my security installer codes for the ADT security system, tried to refinance my house two times and the final attempt resulted in a final FEDEX packet sent for a final signature. A 3 " box was discovered with my personal information duplicated numerous times seemingly ready to sell with my birth certificate, real estate papers, business documents, resumes, business insurance with a million dollar coverage plus more..., stole business merchandise, and had merchandise redirected, payments stolen and redirected, embezzlement, my will and power of attorney stolen, contracts with my attorney altered and stolen, home invasions and more.
STOLEN MILITARY DEPENDENT ID-FREE TO ACCESS BASES: A military id was found altered in the medical files but when reported to the NCIS, was told that was impossible. Physician signatures were found altered on documents.
POLICE AND STOLEN MEDICAL RECORDS:When reported to the Police the 300 plus files that were stolen, they wanted the proof of the thefts but only codes were used to id the patient names in the files due to security safe issues and the backup files that had the patient names were stolen. The Police would not do anything! He passed a message to me through a private meeting with my Attorney not call them again unless proof can be provided. The Police told me they " do not do business law".
ADT ALARMS AND LOCKS: Once when the security alarm did sound when the thief did trip the security alarm inside my office, a footprint was found outside the front door due to the rain. The Policeman came and I pointed out the shoe print,. The Policeman then put his foot immediately inside the shoe print claiming it as his own! Not long after that, I moved to a new location, but again they got past the locks. The new lock had been torched over 30 times according to the locksmith. However, the Police failed to take any prints of the lock. And after calling the Police several times with the list of stolen items that they requested, the Police would not come back to pick up the list.
DATABASE FROM HOSPITAL READY FOR STOLEN RECORD BILLING: While I had a medical equipment business and billing was to be done for my medical equipment business only, I discovered that the contract employee that was fired had downloaded a Massive data base from a Medical facility onto the computer he was using at my office. It appeared the database was ready to input information from billing possibly for stolen medical records. My business included items like canes and walkers whereas this was for Surgery, Ambulance services, and of course, my business did not do that! Later, I found other information from what seemed to be another questionable ID Theft database. One final note, the contract employee had taken a person's military id and replace the picture with his mother's picture, allowing him to get his mother and wife's family onto the military base. His wife was foreign and had not gotten a green card yet. In 2005, NCIS said this was not possible at the time to exchange the military id pictures.
INTERNET ONLINE SALES: There is so much more ...
Once I told the Police that some of my items looked like they were on Ebay. The Police told me that was not possible since the items were listed from CA. Previously they told me that he had moved to CA. ( On a side note, it is easy to have someone ship online purchases from anywhere in the world.)
HOSTILE TAKEOVER of MEDICAL BUSINESS: ONE EMPLOYEE HIRED MY BILLING PERSON TO DO HIS NEW COMPANY BILLING AND VEC ACCEPTED THE STOLEN MEDICAL FILES PATIENT INFORMATION- CHARTS AS PROOF THE BILLING EMPLOYEE TRIED TO DO A GOOD JOB! She got her unemployment check and the VEC Counselor said to go outside and duke it out over stolen patient identity files/records.
This was only part of the id thefts, burglaries, fraud, embezzlement, home invasions and more that took place.
I tracked down every step that he took and learned from you might say the Best ConArtist in the business. Unfortunately, he is still out there. I was told this computer expert went to work with a Merchant Services in CA but they soon caught on to his ConArtist ways. Supposedly, he left there and went back to Virginia to work in a Bank.
After all of this drama, I decided to become a Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist from the Institute of Consumer Financial Education (ICFE),
Now I can help you avoid these type of Horrific White Collar Crimes!
For consultation, please
(c) copyright 2010, 2011, 2012 Jane Meadows, M.S.
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