Diane C. Lade reports: State insurance fraud officials said Tuesday they have arrested 10 South Floridians accused of using two stolen Social Security numbers to find jobs. State regulators suspect 30 others used the same two numbers and expect to apprehend more individuals. Officials said the case exemplifies the most common type of identity theft…
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Woman charged with stealing patients’ identities
Chuck Weber reports: Detectives have arrested a West Palm Beach-area woman, accusing her of stealing personal information of diabetes patients. Tuesday Palm Beach County Sheriff’s detectives arrested 35-year old Erika Morales, and served a search warrant at her home. Detective Bill Griffin said Morales stole identities of clients of the medical supply company, Diabetes Direct…
FL: Woman charged with stealing patients' identities
Chuck Weber reports: Detectives have arrested a West Palm Beach-area woman, accusing her of stealing personal information of diabetes patients. Tuesday Palm Beach County Sheriff’s detectives arrested 35-year old Erika Morales, and served a search warrant at her home. Detective Bill Griffin said Morales stole identities of clients of the medical supply company, Diabetes Direct…
The evidence says “woof”
Okay, we know that law enforcement will seize merchandise purchased with stolen credit cards or obtained fraudulently. But this is the first ID theft case I’ve ever heard of where they seized a puppy. George Warren reports that a Yorkshire terrier puppy named “Treasure” was seized as part of the proceeds of an ID theft…
TD Ameritrade data theft settlement talks resume
A lawsuit over the theft of contact information for more than 6 million TD Ameritrade customers has been ordered into mediation, so the search for a satisfactory settlement will continue. Last fall, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco rejected a proposed settlement last fall that offered anti-spam software and a promise of tighter…
Verizon releases framework for reporting security incidents
William Jackson reports: Verizon Business on Monday released for public use a framework for collecting and reporting information about security incidents in the hope of creating a standardized way for government and industry to share information about breaches. “If we don’t have a common language to collect and communicate data, we are going to be…