A federal court judge has rejected the plea agreement of a Florida couple accused of selling patient records.

"Ruben Rodriguez and Maria Victoria Suarez -- a married couple from Coral Gables -- have run afoul of the law on more than one occasion over the past year, and the duo’s luck seems to be getting even worse," according to Infosecurity. "The two entered a plea agreement in US District Court yesterday for their involvement in a scheme whereby they stole patient records from Jackson Memorial Hospital and attempted to sell the data to personal injury lawyers in the Miami area."

"Unfortunately for the Florida couple, US District Judge Joan Lenard rejected the plea offer," the article states. "Claiming that the scheme hatched by the two -- and the subsequent punishment agreed to by the US Attorney’s office -- did not match the magnitude of the crime, Lenard has delayed the plea deal until she can review the sentencing guidelines for the crimes Rodriguez and Suarez have been charged with."

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