Two Charged for Stolen Information

Kenia Marrero was charged for allegedly orchestrating a yearslong scheme to obtain and sell the confidential Medicare beneficiary identifier (MBI) numbers of thousands of patients for use in Medicare fraud schemes. Joan Navarro Bruguet, a former health care network employee, was also charged with conspiring to unlawfully disclose the protected patient information. Bruguet allegedly secretly provided Marrero with confidential patient information, including names, dates of birth, and MBIs. Read a story from NBC6 and a Department of Justice press release.

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