On April 30, in Bits ‘n Pieces, I reported an arrest in Texas that involved an insider at unnamed banks and mortgage companies. Subsequently, Sam LaGrone of Air Force Times reported on the case because the man arrested, Isaac McCrumby, was posing as an Air Force reservist during a crime spree that allegedly netted $500,000…
Author: Dissent
FINRA Fines Centaurus Financial $175,000 for Failure to Protect Confidential Customer Information
Earlier this week, FINRA fined Centaurus Financial, Inc., as described below in their press release. I’ve been searching, but do not see where the incident described below was ever reported in the media at the time. Interesting…. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has announced today that it has fined Centaurus Financial, Inc. (CFI), of…
SC: Abortion waiting period: Bill hits women below the belt (opinion)
Cara Tuttle Bell of The Herald-Journal writes: With a clear disregard for the rights and health of women, the S.C. General Assembly is back in the business of legislating its view of morality with H-3245, a bill requiring a mandatory 24-hour delay if a woman receives an ultrasound before terminating a pregnancy. This delay is…
Do You Know Where Your Data Are?
Bruce Schneier had a pointed article in the Wall Street Journal this week: Do you know what your data did last night? Almost none of more than 27 million people who took the RealAge quiz realized that their personal health data was sold to drug companies, who in turned used that information for targeted e-mail…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: As a follow-up to a breach covered on PogoWasRight.org last year, Anthony Wood, 45, a/k/a Anthony Bickerstaff, was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay $67,292 in restitution for using stolen personal information of customers at Commerce Bank in Mount Laurel. Co-defendants Jennifer Mullner, a former loan services…
Is It Ethical to 'Google' Patients?
The May 1 issue of Psychiatric News has an interesting question in the Ethics Corner: Is It Ethical to ‘Google’ Patients? Q. We have learned that our psychiatry residents routinely “Google” their patients. On one recent occasion, the resident discovered that an inpatient was on a most-wanted list in another state for arson despite having…