United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced Friday that United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. sentenced Pavel Abramyan, 27, of Rancho Cordova, to three and a half years in federal prison for possessing stolen credit card numbers. Abramyan pleaded guilty on October 15, 2009. This case was the product of an investigation by…
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GA: Defendants Charged in Widespread Identity Theft Scheme
Opeoluwa Adigun a/k/a Mary Afolabi, age unknown, and Chukwuka Onyekaba a/k/a Gabriel Onyekaba, 32, both of Marietta, Georgia, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of stealing the identities of more than 80 individuals in the Atlanta metropolitan area and opening credit card accounts, loans, and bank accounts in the names of…
MO: Former Pharmacy Technician Indicted on Health Care Fraud Charges
The United States Attorney’s Office announced today last week that Karen Williams was indicted on multiple fraud charges involving her scheme to fraudulently obtain prescription drugs and bill them to patient insurance companies. According to the indictment, Williams was employed as a pharmacy technician at a Walgreens on St. Charles Rock Road. Between 2007 and…
More breaches revealed by OCR
Noticed two more breaches on OCR’s web site today: Loma Linda University Health Care State: California Approx. # of Individuals Affected: 584 Date of Breach: 4/04/10 Type of Breach: Theft Location of Breached Information: Desktop Computer Miami VA Healthcare System State: Florida Approx. # of Individuals Affected: 568 Date of Breach: 1/19/10 Type of Breach:…
FL: Error Puts Private College Data Online
Until Friday, the names, addresses, Social Security and driver’s license numbers of hundreds of people associated with Edward Waters College were accessible to anyone doing a Google or Yahoo search. In what college officials admit was a mistake, the information in faxes sent to EWC from employees and potential students was available online because the…
Is Your Favorite Charity Spying on You?
Anne Kadet reports: Whether a patient comes in for a gall-bladder operation or to have a baby, the routine remains the same for staff at Sharp HealthCare hospitals in San Diego. The front desk checks insurance records to make sure the bills get paid on time. Nurses take vitals and tag their charges with a…