Let’s not forget that a lot of identity theft is perpetrated by family members. Here’s today’s nominee for Mother of the Year. Elizabeth Mohr reports: A 19-year-old White Bear Township woman realized something was amiss when she was denied a credit card and the state and IRS started sending her letters. Investigators determined that the woman’s…
Month: March 2015
AU: Drug and alcohol counselling service hacked
Holyoake describes themselves as a leading provider of drug and alcohol counselling and support services in Western Australia: Each year Holyoake helps more than 4,000 people by providing practical programs to address peoples’ alcohol and drug abuse issues, guiding people through challenging times and into a better future. I wonder how those clients would feel if…
UK: Blunder leads to leak of 500 patient email addresses
Another day, another e-mail gaffe. Will Cook reports: Bosses at Barnoldswick Medical Centre have apologised after a data breach led to almost 500 patient email addresses being circulated on a survey. Read more on Pendle Today.
Colorado nurse who defrauded Medicaid using medically fragile children’s claims sentenced to probation
Medicaid fraud can pose risks to the patients, particularly when the patients are not well enough or old enough to check any explanation of benefits statements for themselves. In this case, an adoptive/foster mother used medically fragile children’s information to defraud Medicaid. Luckily, the children were not harmed. Colorado Attorney General Cynthia H. Coffman announced…
ISIS hackers post names and addresses of 100 service members, call for jihad against them
Jason Molinet reports: Islamic State hackers have posted the personal details of 100 U.S. service members they claim took part in the bombing of ISIS targets in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and Afghanistan – and called on homegrown radicals to strike back. The group calling itself Islamic State Hacking Division allegedly gathered the dossier from…
Speech Therapist Guilty of Health Care Fraud
Rebecca Lee Rabon, 44, of Houston, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and five counts of health care fraud in relation to a health care fraud scheme that billed Tricare and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas more than $3.7 million, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Rabon…