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Month: February 2010

FL: Man wracks up $100,000 in medical expenses with fake identification

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Dissent

A man who twice checked himself into the hospital and wracked up more than $100,000 in medical expenses with a fake insurance identification has been arrested. Police said Giovanni Mangino has been charged with organized scheme to defraud, committing fraud to a healthcare provider, grand theft, and identity theft. Read more on CBS12 News.

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Massive security breach suspected at Latvian tax office

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Dissent

The State Revenue Service (VID) in Latvia admitted Monday that its electronic security systems may have been breached and that millions of confidential documents could have been hacked. The Latvian television news programme De Facto said Sunday night that 120 gigabytes of data consisting of 7.4 million individual documents had been leaked from VID’s database…

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Swiss MP threatens fire with fire over bank data

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Dissent

When diplomacy fails, play hardball. A Swiss member of parliament alleged Saturday that top German public officials had secret bank accounts in Switzerland and threatened to out them if Germany bought stolen data on tax dodgers. ”If Germany buys stolen bank data, we’ll push for a legislative change that would have to disclose all Swiss…

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MT: Gateway woman pleads guilty to fraud, ID theft

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Dissent

A Gallatin Gateway woman pleaded guilty in federal court last week to credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft. Erin Lee Stewart, 50, faces a possible 10 years in prison and three years probation for stealing at least five people’s identities and defrauding them of more than $6,800, according to a statement from the U.S….

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Call center employee attempts to extort German health insurer

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Dissent

Die Krankheitskarte web site reports: German health insurance company (or rather: sickness fund) “BKK Gesundheit” was eager to outsource its telephone hotline to a virtual call center. In their home offices, the untrained workers then could retrieve data they weren’t allowed to see, including medical diagnoses. They all had access to „an unneccessary huge amount…

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Call center employee attempts to extort German health insurer

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Dissent

Die Krankheitskarte web site reports: German health insurance company (or rather: sickness fund) “BKK Gesundheit” was eager to outsource its telephone hotline to a virtual call center. In their home offices, the untrained workers then could retrieve data they weren’t allowed to see, including medical diagnoses. They all had access to „an unneccessary huge amount…

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