Alleged ID thief returns to the scene of the crime

STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. - Imagine one patient's disbelief when police said the person who stole her identity worked at the doctor's office where she was treated.

Now imagine the patient's disbelief when the suspect bonded out of jail and went right back to work at that same doctor's office.

We trust our medical providers to protect our personal information. But what happens when the person in trouble, is the one standing in the way of you alerting her bosses?

“I think I'll be looking for another chiropractor," promised Tiffani Cox.

We met her outside the Atlanta Sports and Injury Center for Rehab in Stockbridge.

"I just have no idea how deep it goes," she worried.

According to a Henry County police report, Tiffani Cox got a surprise letter from a bill collector last month, claiming she had stiffed an apartment complex out of $4763. Tiffani had never lived there. But police determined a different Tiffany had. Tiffany Snadon, the receptionist for the chiropractic clinic. The apartment complex is right next door.

“Based on her working here at this office, and I'm going to this office, I put two and two together," Tiffani Cox explained. "It was pretty easy from there. The officer arrested her that same evening.”

The report said someone had forged a copy of Tiffani Cox' driver's license by adding Tiffany Snadon's picture and also using Tiffani Cox's birth date and social security number to apply for that apartment lease. Tiffany with a Y was also accused of opening a Georgia Power account by pretending to be Tiffani with an I.
    
For the chiropractor receptionist, it all spelled big trouble.

But it gets even stranger. According to the report, when police went to interview Tiffany Snadon at work, she met the detective at the door. She asked if they could talk outside because "she didn't want her bosses to think anything bad about her.” They went straight to the police precinct where she was ultimately charged with identity theft and altering government identification. Police never stepped inside the doctor's office.

“She bonded out the next morning," victim Tiffani Cox explained. "She was right back at work. And to my knowledge, the doctors have no idea.”

Tiffani tried calling to warn the doctors but couldn't get through. She says the other Tiffany kept answering the phone. After all, that is her job.
    
So when the receptionist left for lunch, we did ours, hoping to get answers to our questions.

“Just wondering why you're still working here when you were charged with identity theft for something that happened here."

"Oh, I don't want to talk about it" she responded. "I don't think it happened here."

"Well, you're accused of stealing a patient's identity. Do the doctors know you did that? Just answer a few questions before you go Tiffany. Do they know the truth here?”

But Tiffany with a Y chose to drive away in her BMW. Seriously not OK for Tiffani with an I.

“Something needs to be done," fumed Tiffani Cox. "The people in this nice area of Henry County need to know that she has access to our records. She's using them to her advantage.”

Neither doctor responded to our requests for comment. We checked a few days later during regular business hours and didn't see that BMW parked outside the office.

Henry County police say they have no reason to believe other patients had their identities stolen, calling this an "isolated incident."

Tiffany Snadon remains free on bond.