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VA Healthcare System (VISN 10)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on February 1, 2011. Also cited in 119 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000057694, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 10 Columbus, OH
Issue:
Employee A in charge of passing out W-2s to their service gave Employee B the wrong W-2. Employee B didn't notice until over the weekend and opened the W-2 noticing then that it was not theirs. Employee B brought the W-2 back and gave it to the correct employee. Update: 02/01/11:The employee will be offered credit protection services.
Outcome:
Credit Monitoring letter provided to employee.