Associated Press reports that Makieta Leake pleaded guilty to stealing bank account information from patients as part of an identity theft ring. Leake is the fifth person to plead guilty in a ring that victimized Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.  According to AP: Leake admitted she stole information from 37 patients. She was paid between $200…
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Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Cecil H. Savage was arrested and charged with stealing the identities of 58 dead people and using their IDs for fraudulent purposes. He allegedly obtained their personal information over the internet. More. Three people – Leslie Washington, Malon Jackson, and Jackson’s husband, Theron Smith – have been sentenced to federal prison…
Nearly a dozen charged in counterfeit credit card scheme
Michelle Knoll reports: Prosecutors have charged eleven people in an elaborate, counterfeit credit card scheme. Eight of them are in custody. Federal investigators are still looking for the other three defendants. According to the criminal complaint, between July 2008 and April 2009 the group is accused of purchasing the personal information of Capitol One Bank…
Socials, med records dumped on street
Hundreds of students’ confidential records — including psychiatric exams and Social Security numbers — were dumped on the sidewalk in front of their former Manhattan high school yesterday. Infuriated parents and kids from the School for the Physical City rushed to the East 25th Street site after learning of the horrific privacy bungle, saying they…
Socials, med records dumped on street
Beth Stebner and Kate Sheehy report: Hundreds of students’ confidential records — including psychiatric exams and Social Security numbers — were dumped on the sidewalk in front of their former Manhattan high school yesterday. Infuriated parents and kids from the School for the Physical City rushed to the East 25th Street site after learning of…
UK: Social services' apology after patient details faxed in error
The social services department at Bath and North East Somerset Council has been forced to apologise for a series of blunders which left a number of vulnerable people open to being targeted by thieves and conmen. The apology comes after the Somerset Guardian was handed sheets of confidential information about people under the care of…