Ex-Stanford employee altered breast cancer study data after being fired: DOJ
(KRON) — A former Stanford employee was convicted of altering data used in a breast cancer study after she was fired, according to the United States Department of Justice.
Naheed Mangi, 66, faces up to 11 years in prison after she was convicted on Friday of two counts of intentional damage to a protected computer and one count of accessing a protected computer without authorization.
Mangi worked as a clinical research coordinator for Stanford's Cancer Clinical Trials Office from Sept. 2012 to Aug. 2013. Her duties included entering data, monitoring research and scheduling patient appointments, according to court documents.
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She worked on a Genentech-sponsored study for breast cancer patients called the 'Velvet Breast Cancer MO27782 Study.' Its purpose was to evaluate a new pharmaceutical treatment for breast cancer patients.
One of Mangi's responsibilities was to report serious negative effects that patients had during the study.
On Aug. 19, 2013, Mangi was fired. Her supervisor emailed Genentech the same day to disable her access to Stanford's database, but that did not happen until the next day.
On the night of Aug. 19, Mangi logged into the database and changed data in the study, putting in incorrect information and insults about her former supervisor.
'Naheed Mangi's actions jeopardized important cancer research and caused thousands in financial loss to Stanford University, said U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Shawn Bradstreet.
Stanford reentered all of the damaged data, conducted an internal investigation and reported the incident to authorities.
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