Patient data was compromised when Parson gained unauthorized access to his manager ’s log - in to the hospital computer system to pull patients Social Security numbers . Additionally , investigators said he stole patient information from emergency room data sheets that had been thrown in the trash back in August 2011 . Memorial HealthCare says that none of the stolen patient records included medical data . Parsons , Amber Sasha - Rashawn Simmons and Joshua Clayton Thomas then used the data to file online fraudulent 2011 tax returns for 10 former Memorial Healthcare patients and did $ 818,000 worth of damage . While the patient names were n’t publicized , eerily enough , federal prosecutors did say that the data was stolen from both living and dead patients . Parson was terminated upon the hospital learning of the theft last March . ;