More than 100 employee files containing sensitive information, like social security numbers and fingerprints, were dropped off at First Coast News by a person claiming to be a janitor. That person said the files were in the trash at Guardsmark, a security company in Jacksonville. However, a company official said the files are stolen. Read…
Month: August 2009
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Michael E. Rohrer has been charged with grand theft and identity fraud for allegedly stealing the credit card numbers of at least three people while working at Kettering Animal Hospital Inc. More. More. As a follow-up to a case previously reported on this site, Dawn Philbin, the Saint Anthony Hospital worker…
Brits ‘revealing credit card PINs’
More than 8 million Britons have revealed their debit and credit card PIN number to a friend or relative in the last 12 months. That is according to a new survey from LV= home insurance, which found that almost a quarter (24%) of these customers had fallen victim to ID fraud. Common reasons for revealing…
Prompt Med statement on recent breach
In a statement released on Wednesday, Prompt Med, which took over Battleground Urgent Care, said they regret the incident in which hundreds of medical files were discovered in a Greensboro dumpster: Prompt Med Management Company, Inc. regrets the incident regarding transportation of patients’ medical records that occurred last week. These files were being transferred to…
ID theft nets $45,000 in medical care
Police charged a Knightdale man today with attempting to receive medical treatment valued at more than $40,000 from a local hospital by using another person’s identity, court records show. WakeMed police charged Stephen Thomas Mullen Jr. with one felony count of obtaining property by false pretenses, according to an arrest warrant filed this morning at…
Prompt Med Responds To Medical Files Found In Dumpster
In a statement released on Wednesday, Prompt Med, which took over Battleground Urgent Care, said they regret the incident in which hundreds of medical files were discovered in a Greensboro dumpster. In the statement Prompt Med wrote: Prompt Med Management Company, Inc. regrets the incident regarding transportation of patients’ medical records that occurred last week….