A former receptionist for two medical doctors in downtown Washington has pleaded guilty to stealing the personal information of 37 patients as part of her role in a $2.1 million identity theft ring that included Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke among its victims.

Makieta Leake worked for Drs. Stanley Lugerner and Marc Shepard from January 2008 through that December, court documents filed in Alexandria’s federal court said. During that time, prosecutors say, the 36-year-old Maryland woman’s co-conspirators used the patients’ information she sold them to steal $849,197.