Nurse made money transfers to herself as Covid patient lay dying in coma in private hospital

[webfact]

Picture: PPTV 36

 

A son-in-law went on Facebook so say that three withdrawals had been made from his wife's father's online account while he lay dying in a Covid ward at a private hospital. 

 

Yossavee Dacruz said that the withdrawals were only discovered after his father-in-law died, reported PPTV 36.

 

When the father went into the hospital he had 5,000 baht in his account, after he died only 1,500 remained.

 

There were two transfers to a Miss Suthamas of 1,000 baht each on 26th and 27th August and another of 1,500 baht on 30th August to a separate account.

 

The patient had been unresponsive in his hospital bed since 23rd August. On the 26th it was arranged to make a video call using his phone so that his daughter could say a few words to him even though he was in a coma.

 

No mention was made of any money transaction. 

 

The poster thinks that the dying man's finger was used to scan an app and make the transfer with the nurse using the same passcode that was used to open up the phone for the video call. 

 

They complained to the hospital who said that the nurse would be sacked.

 

They have also filed a police report.

 

The hospital was not named in the PPTV story. 

 

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[Mickeymaus]

A good example how insecure fingerprint scanners can be. 

[ezzra]

These type of heartless crimes are happening all over the world where hapless hospital's patients and home care residents have been taken advantage of as some care givers just can't help themselves to just give care and not commit embezzlement...

[tomazbodner]

46 minutes ago, Mickeymaus said:

A good example how insecure fingerprint scanners can be. 

I guess for a nurse, facial recognition, iris scan or even DNA sample would not be much of a hassle.

 

What would you suggest?

[petermik]

Someones tragedy is another’s business opportunity.....

[jackdd]

51 minutes ago, Mickeymaus said:

A good example how insecure fingerprint scanners can be. 

The article says that she had the PIN, so not much to do with the security of fingerprints

[VocalNeal]

11 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

I guess for a nurse, facial recognition, iris scan or even DNA sample would not be much of a hassle.

 

What would you suggest?

Like some banks in UK. Voice recognition.

[4MyEgo]

The further away from people I are, the better off I am.............

 

 

[Mickeymaus]

16 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

I guess for a nurse, facial recognition, iris scan or even DNA sample would not be much of a hassle.

 

What would you suggest?

Passwords

[Heng]

You can slow them down a bit using an unexpected finger.    Your toe's pinky for example.   (and obviously don't let them see you do any transactions) 

[overherebc]

11 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

The further away from people I are, the better off I am.............

 

 

The closer I am to people the more I like dogs.

[tomazbodner]

16 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

Like some banks in UK. Voice recognition.

 

[tomazbodner]

20 minutes ago, Mickeymaus said:

Passwords

Sure. Password must be minimum 16 characters long, contain small letters, capital letters, numbers, special characters, not be any recognised name, nor sequence on the keyboard or in alphabet, and must not be used anywhere else. You must not write any of them down, and it must be replaced every week for security reasons with something that does not have any characters in common with previous password. No password can be reused for at least 5 years.

 

Practical? Not really. But we're close to getting to the above point so something else will need to be done.

 

Btw - check https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords

You can download list of passwords that crackers will try first to break into your account.

You can also on the same website enter your email address to see if your password has already been leaked.

 

So passwords are not really the answer. For fingerprints you would still need to be there, alive, in coma or deep asleep (many sensors don't only check fingerprint but also whether there is heartbeat), to login in your name. Passwords can be used remotely.

 

Personally I use multi-factor authentication for everywhere I can. And yes, fingerprints are part of it.

 

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[Buffy Frobisher]

54 minutes ago, jackdd said:

The article says that she had the PIN, so not much to do with the security of fingerprints

"The poster thinks that the dying man's finger was used to scan an app and make the transfer"

 

Sounds like it was fingerprint for the banking app, and PIN for phone access. 

[robblok]

1 hour ago, tomazbodner said:

I guess for a nurse, facial recognition, iris scan or even DNA sample would not be much of a hassle.

 

What would you suggest?

I got finger print scanner to open my phone, but a pin code as extra security on my Kasikorn app. Seems to do the trick.

[sammieuk1]

She sounds like my sister an utter scumbag did the same ????

[HAPPYNUFF]

How many  families do I know of who were busy draining their dying rellies account while the poor sod was in hospital, or   non compos  mentis whilst in a nursing home...Even  happened in my own immediate family.  Some  people are just  vultures.

[transam]

Though this case is despicable, the thing I have noticed in LOS is that the family start fighting over land, house, money BEFORE the person is dead, long lost relatives turn up at the doorstep for a possible handout.........????

[mahtin]

Trial by Facebook?

[brucegoniners]

Talk about scum!

 

I hope she goes to prison.

 

You can bet she did it to many.

[RafPinto]

4 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

I guess for a nurse, facial recognition, iris scan or even DNA sample would not be much of a hassle.

 

What would you suggest?

Sperm

[Sydebolle]

Well, no surprises here. 

At least they should name the culprit with photos and details to really ensure, that she gets the message of what terrible act she did. It is not about the amount but the terrible character and mind set this woman has. 
It is theft; irrespective of robbing a bank or an unconscious patient = theft is theft. Put her in the slammer and demote her to never ever work as a nurse again! 

[EricTh]

How does this finger scan work? That's why it's quite dangerous to use this scanning app that transfer money easily. I see lots of Thai using it to buy street food.

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

There were two transfers to a Miss Suthamas of 1,000 baht each on 26th and 27th August and another of 1,500 baht on 30th August to a separate account.

Temptation is too much for some.

[candide]

People are seeing evil everywhere! He just wanted to make a donation to a helpful nurse! ????

Edited September 7, 2021 by candide

[Pedrogaz]

Nice one, maybe she could marry Joe Ferrari...they seem to have the same level of compassion for other humans.

[Bangkok Barry]

7 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

I guess for a nurse, facial recognition, iris scan or even DNA sample would not be much of a hassle.

 

What would you suggest?

You don't know the ways to secure a phone? How about using a PIN - but don't give it to a nurse.

Edited September 7, 2021 by Bangkok Barry

[tomazbodner]

1 hour ago, Bangkok Barry said:

You don't know the ways to secure a phone? How about using a PIN - but don't give it to a nurse.

Now how come nobody ever thought of that possibility...

[Bangkok Barry]

26 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

1 hour ago, Bangkok Barry said:

You don't know the ways to secure a phone? How about using a PIN - but don't give it to a nurse.

Now how come nobody ever thought of that possibility...

Now how come nobody somebody ever thought of that possibility...

[gk10012001]

9 hours ago, Mickeymaus said:

A good example how insecure fingerprint scanners can be. 

Fictional spy movies have been using dead people's finger prints, heads removed for retinal eye scanners, and other body parts for decades.   Anybody see the myth busters episode where they were able to get a finger print from a surface, then make a copy of it, enhance it a bit, and then just using that were able to successfully use the finger print on a device.