Back in April 2008, a number of students at U.C. Irvine became victims in a fraudulent tax return scheme after an employee at United Healthcare Services misused their information to file fraudulent returns. Over 1,000 graduate students who were enrolled in the university’s health insurance program were affected.
In browsing one of my favorite blogs for breach analyses, The Breach Blog, I noticed a comment that a court had granted final approval to a settlement in a class action lawsuit against United Healthcare stemming from the breach. So far, I’ve been unable to get a response from the attorney involved, but if/when I get any details of the settlement, I’ll post them.