How fraudsters are stealing from Canadian health-care workers | Full episode | the fifth estate

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A data breach at B.C’s Interior Health means thousands of employees’ information is for sale on the dark web. Health-care workers’ identities are repeatedly stolen; the agency denies it ever happened. 00:00 - Intro 01:36 - Victims of fraud share their stories 14:30 - A trail leads to B.C. Interior Health 22:41 - Victims are silenced 33:03 - B.C’s Health Minister responds Comments on this episode were open for one week following the premiere on Oct. 9, 2025, to allow for responsive comment moderation. You can read more about why comments aren't open all the time across CBC and other ways to interact with us: https://cbchelp.cbc.ca/hc/en-ca/artic... Subscribe for more videos from the fifth estate: http://bit.ly/25W8cpn Connect with the fifth estate online: http://bit.ly/1d0FBxq About the fifth estate: For more than five decades, the fifth estate has been Canada's premier investigative documentary program. Hosts Mark Kelley, Steven D'Souza and Ioanna Roumeliotis continue a tradition of provocative and fearless journalism. the fifth estate brings in-depth investigations that matter to Canadians — delivering a dazzling parade of political leaders, controversial characters and ordinary people whose lives were touched by triumph or tragedy. the fifth estate airs Fridays at 9pm on CBC-TV and steams on CBC GEM. The Denial Machine producer/director Harvey Cashore writer Mark Kelley investigative journalist Eva Uguen-Csenge additional research Grant LaFleche Kate Zieman video editor Loretta Hicks senior videographer Jonathan Castell principal photography Ousama Farag additional photography Tom Popyk Rod Romanow archival material Getty Images Global News Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Interior Health YOUTUBE visual research Leslie Morrison graphic designers Daniel Rofusz Froi Untalasco post audio Ron Searles colourist Scott McIntyre special thanks CBC Edmonton CBC Kelowna CBC Victoria Jay Bertagnolli Christine Coulter Emily Fagan Emily Fitzpatrick Dana Kelly Katie DeRosa Dan Zakreski Charles Rusnell rollout producer Laura Thompson social media producers Alex Midgal Britt Purdy Brian Vinh Trinh digital producer Janet Davison media management Laurel Robinson resource coordinators Marc Cormier Dragan Maricic associate director Carmen Smith packaging editor Alessia Protomanni coordinating associate director Jane Wilson senior producer Emmanuel Marchand executive producer Allya Davidson original broadcast October 10, 2025