Officials from the Betty Ford Clinic tell TMZ, they fired Dawn Holland — Lindsay Lohan’s accuser — because she violated confidentiality rules. In a statement to TMZ, Betty Ford officials say, “Regrettably, on December 21, 2010, one of our employees violated strict confidentiality guidelines and laws by publicly identifying patients in a media interview and…
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AZ: Catholic Church's Informant Didn't Violate Privacy Laws in Blabbing Patient Info to Diocese, St. Joseph's Hospital Says
Ray Stern reports: If you’ve been following the news today, you already know that the Catholic Church stripped St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix of its religious affilation because of a surgery last year that involved the death of an unborn child. (Whether it was an abortion, per se, is apparently one of the issues up for debate.) We…
Texan sentenced to prison for ID theft
Trey Lane McCoy was sentenced to 61 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release in connection with an identity theft scheme. In addition, United States District Judge Fred Biery ordered McCoy to pay $33,625.36 restitution. On September 2, 2010, McCoy pleaded guilty to two counts of bank fraud, one count of…
Florida man charged in Ohio after being caught with counterfeit credit cards
Abel P. Navarro, age 37, of Tampa, Florida, was indicted on one count of possessing fifteen or more counterfeit or unauthorized access devices, Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today. Navarro was arrested by on November 20 by Willoughby Police following two hit-skip accidents involving him, according to…
VA reveals that veterans' PHI was stored on Yahoo calendar with shared password for three years
The Dept. of Veterans Affairs has issued its monthly report to Congress on data incidents for the month of November. As in past reports, there are a number of mis-mailed or mishandled prescriptions. Other incidents reported during this period included: A VA Attorney discovered names, partial social security numbers and treatment locations of approximately 140…
MI: Federal Investigators Shut Down Identity Theft Ring
A former Newland Medical Center employee was charged Monday with 15 counts of identity theft and criminal enterprise. Camille Butler of Detroit is accused of stealing patient information and giving it to her boyfriend, Artis Cleveland. Investigators said the couple stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise using the stolen identities of cancer…