Fourteen individuals were charged in three indictments in Puerto Rico with conspiracy to commit identification fraud, money laundering, aggravated identity theft and passport fraud in connection with their alleged roles in a scheme to traffic the identities and corresponding identity documents of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice…
Month: August 2014
With FTC v. LabMD stalled, FTC tries to move the hearing forward
For those following FTC. v. LabMD, here’s a small update. The FTC’s administrative hearing against LabMD came to a screeching halt at the end of May when the House Oversight Committee indicated that it was investigating whether the FTC had based its case against LabMD on erroneous or inaccurate information provided by Tiversa. In the middle…
Hackers get thousands of government workers’ info from Healthways subcontractor
Andrea Zelinski reports: Personal information on more than 60,000 government employees who participated in Tennessee’s employee health screenings may be at risk for identity theft, according to state officials. An unknown source hacked into Onsite Health Diagnostics’ computer system, according to spokeswoman Lisa MacKenzie. Information like employees’ name, date of birth, address, email address, phone…
Seattle, Portland Archdiocese Login Credentials Found In CyberVor Hacker Database
Jeanne Price reports: Close to 6,000 identity theft victims have been documented but Catholic church officials in Seattle and Portland say they’re still stumped about how their data breaches occurred. Now a potential clue has surfaced – a disturbing link to a newly discovered Russian hacker group called CyberVor. These victims in the Pacific Northwest…
Ca: Laptop stolen from Grimsby yoga studio
Amanda Moore reports: A Grimsby business owner is scrambling after her laptop, cash and cheques were stolen from her studio. Last week, Kimberley Whittemore, owner of Balanced Being Fitness Inc., returned to the studio from a coffee break downstairs at Station One to find the computer missing. The laptop, an older Toshiba model, contained hundreds…
Sensitive student records found in dumpster outside Denver middle school
Jon Bowman reports: DENVER — In Park Hill … the new Smiley Middle School Campus is getting ready for classes to begin, but amid all the cleaning up, someone threw out boxes of student records with all types of personal information, including birth certificates, which were supposed to be stored. When FOX31 Denver showed up…