In the justice system: As a follow-up to a case previously covered on this site, Atin and Iris Singh have been sentenced to two years in state prison for using a skimmer and stealing customer data from Roti’s Bistro and using it for fraudulent purposes. There were reportedly about 60 victims. More. Jason Lennon Bell,…
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Hackers Decrypt Encrypted Data?
Meanwhile, in Manila, the Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp. reports: The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) started expanding its probe into the credit card fraud after uncovering that the arrested Nigerians who managed to hack the merchant website to get vital information of the credit card holders. […] Last Friday, agents of the National Bureau of…
Jubilee Found in Breach of DPA
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Jubilee Managing Agency Ltd in breach of the Data Protection Act after the insurance company reported the loss of an unencrypted disk containing the personal details of around 2100 individual UK policyholders. Jubilee Managing Agency has signed a formal Undertaking outlining that it will take reasonable measures to…
What About Former Employees?
When the Tyco Flow Control Americas office at in Houston was broken into over the weekend of June 6 and 7, burglars stole the Payroll Manager’s laptop computer and gained access to locked rooms that contained payroll and HR documents of current and some former employees. According to a letter sent by Holly Kriendler to…
Lawyer’s Files Found in Dumpster
Stacks of business and real-estate case files from a Middletown law firm were left unshredded in a public garbage dumpster June 26, making the Social Security numbers and other personal information on the documents accessible to anyone. The files apparently came from the office of attorney William Bowen, 1 N. Main St. downtown. His firm…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: A federal jury convicted Ronald Luis Bradshaw, a physician assistant, for his role in a $7.7 million Medicare fraud scheme. He was found guilty on all charged counts, including conspiracy to commit health care fraud, multiple counts of health fraud and aggravated identity theft for prescribing medically unnecessary durable medical equipment…