Well, here’s a laptop theft that will probably cost more than $50,000….. KOCO reports that a laptop stolen from an employee’s vehicle on April 3 contained personal information of up to 1 million people. According to the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, the computer had names, Social Security numbers and birthdates of people who receive…
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In the justice system: Former Army finance technician Reynaldo Jimenez pleaded guilty to charges arising out of his theft of identity information belonging to over 35 active duty United States military service members. More. Vickie Parks Sheppard pleaded guilty to conspiracy to fraudulently obtain identity and financial information from more than 50 victims by posing…
CA: Marian Medical Center patients’ personal information may be compromised
Amber Lee of KSBY reports that 3,200 ER and Urgent Care Center patients of Marian Medical Center in Santa Maria have been notified that a Blackberry containing patient information was stolen from the hospital. “On that Blackberry was an email, you know, one of our emails, and on one of the emails was buried a…
UK: Laptop with patient details taken
The BBC reports that NHS Grampian has confirmed that a laptop containing names and addresses, dates of birth, and coded clinical information of 1,392 patients has been stolen from Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. The laptop was stolen from a locked office cupboard sometime between the evening of April 15 and the next morning. According to a…
Ore. ID thief gets 13 years prison
I usually cover arrests and convictions in Bits ‘n Pieces entries, but an Associated Press story on the sentencing of Stephen Rowell for mail/identity theft has some unusual details, apparently including the fact that Rowell has written songs about the fun of being an ID thief. Rowell was sentenced to 13 years in prison, and…
KS: Confidential Paperwork Found In Apartment Dumpster
Kim Wilhelm of KWCH12 reports that “boxes and boxes” of unshredded confidential personal and financial information from apartment rental applications were found in a dumpster behind Madison Park Apartments in Wichita. Now if this had happened in Texas, the state might do something and even fine the company, but I wonder what, if anything, Kansas…