Sam Levin reports: In February, the Berkeley Health Center, a clinic that provided medical services to low-income patients, closed down in the wake of serious financial troubles, including allegations that it had mismanaged public funds. A federal judge forced the clinic out of its site at 2908 Ellsworth Street in South Berkeley after the nonprofit healthcare…
Month: March 2015
GA: 9 headed to prison for $5 million income tax scheme
Alexis Stevens reports: Nine people from metro Atlanta, including a former Social Security Administration employee, were sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a $5 million income tax scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. The scheme involved stolen identities from more than 1,000 people, Acting U.S. Attorney John Horn said in an emailed…
PA: Last year’s UPMC data breach affecting some employees’ tax returns
Bofta Yimam reports that a breach reported in 2014 that resulted in over 800 cases of tax refund fraud for University of Pittsburgh Medical Center employees may still be impacting employees this year: If you work for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, you may have to wait for your tax refund because of the…
IL: Trial in doubt for medical ID theft case
Way back when, I had written myself a note about a case in which five Indiana residents had been indicted on charges that related to an ID fraud conspiracy involving theft of patient information. According to the press release in December 2013 from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Indiana, the five individuals were indicted November…
Camp for children with serious diseases notifies campers and volunteers of potential breach
The Painted Turtle is a non-profit organization in California that operates a camp for children with life-threatening diseases and their families, and does so each year, free of charge to the families. As part of their process, prospective campers and their families, as well as volunteers, submit an online application. For campers and their families,…
AL: State Trial Underway for Flowers Hospital Identity Thief
There’s a follow-up to a case involving theft of Flowers Hospital patient data by an employee for tax refund fraud. The data theft was first disclosed in April 2014, and reportedly occurred between June, 2013 and February, 2014. Within weeks, a potential class action lawsuit was filed. Over the summer, the hospital moved to dismiss for…