[BreachExchange] Former Snohomish Co. medical assistant accused of using patients' records to purchase cars, rent apartments

[Terrell Byrd]

https://www.q13fox.com/news/snohomish-county-medical-assistant-accused-of-using-patients-records-to-purchase-cars-rent-apartments

EVERETT, Wash. - A former Snohomish County certified medical assistant has
been charged for allegedly accessing 39 patients’ confidential information
and using that information to purchase two vehicles and rent three
apartments in the patient’s names.

While employed with Swedish Hospital at the Sandpoint Primary Care Clinic,
37-year-old Clara Anne Kitchen allegedly targeted elderly patients and
young women for their personal information. She allegedly chose young women
in their 20s and 30s whose photo ID looked similar enough to her that she
could pass as that person, according to court documents.

According to the Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, she used
the name and social security number of one victim to apply for and rent an
apartment in Lynnwood back in September 2019.

A month later, she purchased a Mazda from a dealership in Lynnwood using
another victim’s name, date of birth and social security number.

When she was asked by police how she managed to rent an apartment and
purchase a vehicle in other people’s names, she said that she "knew people"
who told her how to do it, according to court documents.

Court documents only detail one car purchase and one apartment rental, but
prosecutors say Kitchen purchased another vehicle and rented two other
apartments.

Kitchen has been charged with identity theft-abuse of position of trust in
the first- and second-degree, and theft of a motor vehicle.

The Secretary of Health suspended her license in September 2021 following
the allegations.
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