Ex-Nuance IT Worker Face More Charges in Geisinger Breach

Terminated Employee Accused of Stealing 1M Patient Records Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • February 5, 2026

A former Nuance Communications insider is facing additional federal charges in a criminal case alleging he downloaded and stored on a personal external hard drive with more than 1 million patient records of customer Geisinger Health two days after he was terminated from his job in 2023.

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In a superseding indictment filed Tuesday in a Pennsylvania federal court, prosecutors charged Max Vance, who is also known as Andre Burk, with two counts of making false statements to FBI agents.

The new indictment alleges Vance lied to FBI agents in January 2024 when he denied downloading more than 1 million patient records he was not authorized to download after he was terminated from his job at Nuance in 2023, and then lied again about transferring ...