Retired agent Larry Guerin reviews a health care fraud investigation involving an emergency medical technician (EMT) who stole Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) protected patient information, such as Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, and phone numbers, and then tried to sell it back to managers of private ambulance companies.
The case would have been only the second prosecution against an individual under the new statute. However, the case ended tragically before the subject was officially charged. The premature conclusion motivated Larry to later earn a Master’s degree in forensic psychology.
“A manager for Mercy Ambulance Company said that she had just fired one of her new hires who had worked there for sixteen days, and she strongly suspected that he was stealing personal identifying information from the charts and run sheets of her ambulance company, which would have been a violation of the HIPAA law.”—Retired Agent Larry Guerin
At the end of the case review, Larry talks about how, for two-weeks, his Dallas Division SWAT team was deployed to the Montana Freemen Standoff, a siege by an armed anti-government militia that lasted 81-days. He shares his thoughts on how the lessons learned by the FBI from the Ruby Ridge and Waco standoffs resulted in the successful resolution of the Freeman Standoff.
Special Agent (Retired)
Larry Guerin
11/87 – 12/2015
Larry Guerin served in the FBI for 28 years. He was initially assigned to the Dallas Division, where he worked criminal investigations, was a member of SWAT, and served as a firearms and defensive tactics instructor.
Later, he transferred to FBI Headquarters, where he supervised criminal programs. Larry also served as a core faculty member for the FBI National Academy and as an adjunct instructor for the University of Virginia. He spent several years as a leadership instructor in the Law Enforcement Development Unit, teaching leadership courses as well as interviewing and interrogation courses. Larry has taught several times as an international instructor on behalf of the FBI.
Larry taught the FBI’s Instructor Development Course for many years. This course is a required certification course for all FBI instructors. He also developed the FBI Self-Defense for Women course, which he has taught several times. He also developed and taught the FBI’s Facilitation Strategies Course, teaching instructors how to facilitate leadership courses in the FBI’s Leadership Development Program. His last assignment before his retirement was as the lead instructor teaching FBI history, leadership, core values, and several other instructional topics for the FBI Onboarding New Employees program.
Currently, Larry is a professor at The George Mason University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, in the Division of Criminology, Law, and Society.
He holds a Master of Arts degree in Forensic Psychology from Argosy University and a Bachelor’s degree in accounting. Larry has served as a conference keynote speaker, as well as an inspirational and motivational instructor.
The following are a link to an article about the Montana Freeman Standoff and a case-related image:
Grapevine Magazine: “Grey Sunset” Freeh’s men versus the Freemen, 20th Anniversary of the Surrender
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