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By Humphrey Cheung
TG Daily
April 30, 2008
Los Angeles (CA) – A former UCLA Medical Center employee has been
indicted for allegedly illegally accessing the computerized medical
records of celebrities. The indictment was handed down by the United
States District Court and claims 49-year-old Lawanda Jackson, a former
administrative assistant, accessed records and sold the information to
news outlets.
The government claims Jackson received approximately $4600 from a
national news outlet for selling information on up to 60 unidentified
celebrities. The indictment does not name the outlet or celebrities,
but the Los Angeles Times has learned that Jackson viewed the records of
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, his wife Maria Shriver and
Farrah Fawcett. You would think that such information would fetch a
higher price.
The Times also claims she sold the information to the National Enquirer
and that the tabloid hid the transactions by writing checks to Jackson's
husband. Jackson left the UCLA Medical Center in May 2007.
The UCLA Medical Center is obviously the hospital of choice for many
famous people because of its location in Los Angeles. The hospital
recently fired more than a dozen employees for illegally accessing
patient information including the records of pop singer Britany Spears.
Jackson will be arraigned on June 9 2008 and faces up to 10 years in
Federal prison.
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Received on May 05 2008
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