Medford Woman Guilty of Stealing IDs of Medicare Clients

BOSTON - A former employee of Tufts Health Plan was convicted Wednedsay in federal court of stealing the identifying information of over 3,000 Medicare customers as part of a scheme to steal Social Security benefits and file false tax refunds.

In U.S. District Court, Lynrolte Cezaire, 29, of Medford, was convicted following a seven-day jury trial of unlawfully disclosing Social Security numbers and aggravated identity theft. U.S. District Court Judge George A. O’Toole, Jr. scheduled sentencing for July 13. Cezaire currently works at Adoption Resource Associates.

From 2011 to 2014, Cezaire worked in the Medicare enrollment department at Tufts Health Plan in Watertown. During her employment, Cezaire helped a coworker, Emeline Lubin, photograph Cezaire’s computer screen while it displayed lists of Medicare customers’ names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers.

Lubin then gave the information to Sniders Jean-Jacques, a Florida man, who, along with Lubin’s brother, Marvin Lubin, was involved in a scheme to use stolen identities to steal Social Security benefits and to file false tax returns to collect the refunds.

In December 2014, Jean-Jacques was sentenced to two years in prison. In October 2014, Marvin Lubin was sentenced to one year and one day in prison.

The charge of aggravated identity theft provides for a mandatory sentence of two years in prison. The charge of unlawfully disclosing Social Security numbers provides for a sentence of no greater than five years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of $250,000 or twice the gross gain or loss, whichever is greater.