Nurse charged with stealing patient info and identity theft
Nurse charged with stealing patient info and identity theft
4/18/2007 – A Mid-South doctor claims the nurse charged with stealing patient information stole his identity too. Gary Lamar Holt is in jail at 201 Poplar.
Holt was a fugitive on the run. He was a nurse accused of stealing patient information while working at a hospital in Florida.
But, a local doctor says the scam started here in Memphis.
Dr. Meng Vang is still in shock over what happened. He trusted Gary Lamar Holt while Holt was a nurse at the MED last year.
He trusted him enough to give Holt more than $100,000 to be a primary investor in a new business, a temporay nursing agency.
But, a few months later, Dr. Vang got a phone call from a credit card company and found out what really happened with his money.
“Mr. Holt used my personal information without my knowledge and applied for 5 different credit cards,” says Vang.
On those five credit cards bills totaled almost $60,000.
Vang says Holt bought a four wheeler, a diamond ring, hunting gear and thousands of dollars in cash advances.
“I obtained these credit card applications from the credit card companies. I looked through them and none of them has my signature on it. So my signature on them were forged,” says Vang.
Vang filed two charges against Holt. One for embezzlement. The other for fraud.
Police in Florida charged Holt for stealing patient information while working there as a nurse, saying he bought two vehicles and got a credit card.
Memphis police arrested Holt at St.Francis Hospital where he was working the last two months.
Meanwhile, Vang is still working on clearing up this mess.
Vang adds, “I have to deal with credit card companies and clear my name and clear my credit.”
A Memphis Police spokesperson says they found no reports of identity theft involving patients at St. Francis during the time Holt was working there.