Samantha Johnson, 57, of Pompano Beach, and her wife, Sandra Shea, 56, of Cooper City, were sentenced on Tuesday to 30 and 24 months’ imprisonment, respectively. Both defendants must serve a term of supervised release of 3 years and pay a fine of $10,000. A restitution hearing is set for June 15, 2022. In January, Johnson and Shea pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to defraud the United States. Both defendants admitted that they conspired to obtain and utilize patient information from a large local healthcare provider in Hollywood, Florida, where Shea was employed. According to the factual proffer, Shea improperly accessed 22 patient files from the healthcare provider. In court documents, the defendants admitted that they intended to use the personal information of these patients to acquire distressed, abandoned, foreclosed, and probated real property.
