A heartless hospital worker in Florida is accused of swiping credit card numbers from a patient who had died only hours earlier . After pocketing the information last month , police claim , the 53 - year - old staffer paid for airline tickets , phone bills and even bridal shoes . Margaret Nunn , a patient registration representative at Sarasota Memorial Hospital , was arrested Wednesday on charges of identity theft and seven counts of credit card fraud , Sarasota police said in a news release . Nunn allegedly racked up purchases and made payments totaling $ 1,186 for her personal benefit . With the help of the hospital , investigators determined Nunn had access to the 63 - year - old victims personal cards and identification information when he arrived at the emergency room on June 10 . Police said Nunn allegedly admitted to jotting down the victims drivers license information and credit card numbers , and then used them to make purchases . The victim was nt named . Kim Savage , a spokeswoman for Sarasota Memorial Hospital , told ABC News that Nunn was suspended and then terminated on June 29 . It was an isolated individual , Savage said . In this case , she just wrote down the information while she was registering the patient . Audits are performed by the hospital to make sure its workers are taking down patient info for legitimate reasons , according to ABC News . Nunn was locked up at Sarasota County Jail on a $ 10,000 bond , according to reports . ;