There’s an update to a breach noted yesterday on this blog. Highland Radio now reports that there were 180 children whose data were on the stolen laptop HSE’s Speech and Language Therapy Service in Donegal. Even more noteworthy, however, they report that the laptop was “fully encrypted.” If that’s the case, I am puzzled that the Data…
Month: November 2014
New York resident charged with fraud, identity theft in Fort Lee
Svetlana ShKolnikova reports: A former payroll specialist at the CareOne senior care facility on Bridge Plaza North has been arrested on fraud and identity theft charges after allegedly using the company’s employee database to obtain fraudulent debit cards. Fort Lee Detective Lt. Kenneth Porrino began investigating 40-year-old Enna Garland’s actions on Sept. 23 and police arrested…
FL: Melbourne back surgeon ordered to pay Health First $61K
There’s a follow-up to a breach previously noted in 2009. Chuck McClung reports; Dr. Richard Hynes, the Melbourne back surgeon who has been locked in a protracted antitrust battle with Health First, lost a recent legal skirmish with the provider over pilfered emails. An Orlando district judge ruled Nov. 3 that Hynes violated two federal…
Director Of Nursing Sentenced To 57 Months In Prison For Role In $7 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Here’s another case where at least some patients cooperated with a Medicare fraud scheme that involved falsifying their records. Do they not realize the risks they face by having inaccurate information in their records? And why aren’t they prosecuted as co-conspirators? A former Director of Nursing was sentenced to serve 57 months in prison today…
Update: South Carolina extends free ID theft protection through October 2015
WMBF reports that South Carolina taxpayers are getting one more year of free IDtheft protection from CSID for the security breach in 2012 that compromised 3.8 million taxpayers’ data.
Civilian employee for Coast Guard accused of stealing personal information
Kaitlyn Naples reports: A Connecticut man who is an information technology contractor for the United States Coast Guard has pled guilty to stealing personal information. The United States District Attorney said Larry Mathews, 34, of Pawcatuck pled guilty to stealing information found on hundreds of computers and personal electronic devices that had been brought to…