Levi Pulkklinen reports more on a story previously mentioned on this blog: A week after her alleged conspirators were charged, federal prosecutors have a Seattle Municipal Court employee with bank fraud and identity theft. […] Searching the vehicle, investigators found a number of “profiles” bearing Seattle Municipal Court customers’ names and credit-card numbers, according to…
Author: Dissent
UCSF patient records possibly compromised
Victoria Colliver reports: Medical records for about 4,400 UCSF patients are at risk after thieves stole a laptop from a medical school employee in November, UCSF officials said today. The laptop, which was stolen on or about Nov. 30, was found in Southern California on Jan. 8. There is no indication that unauthorized access to…
FL: Medical files in Port St. Lucie trash bin could have led to ID fraud, police say
Will Greenlee reports: Police on Tuesday turned up medical files containing information that could be used to commit identity theft in a trash bin near University Medical Clinics, a police spokesman said Wednesday. Police determined the files, which contained information including patient names, Social Security numbers, phone numbers and addresses, had been discarded from University…
UK: Girl, 16, rejected by mum after leak of medical details
Lui Straccia reports: A sixteen-year-old is an outcast from her devout Catholic family who have branded her a ‘murderer’ after a nurse allegedly broke medical confidentiality and told them about her secret abortion. The girl lives in Luton but has been kicked out of home by her strictly religious mother, who was born and raised…
UCSF patient records possibly compromised
Victoria Colliver reports: Medical records for about 4,400 UCSF patients are at risk after thieves stole a laptop from a medical school employee in November, UCSF officials said today. The laptop, which was stolen on or about Nov. 30, was found in Southern California on Jan. 8. There is no indication that unauthorized access to…
FL: Judge: Lawyers can subpoena abortion info
UPI reports: Lawyers for a multimillionaire philanthropist can seek abortion records of women suing him for sexually molesting them, a Florida judge has ruled. Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Donald Hafele told Jeffrey Epstein’s lawyers Wednesday there are limits on their ability to subpoena abortion records, The Palm Beach Post reported. They can only do…