According to the Paulding County Sheriff’s office, Dr. Christopher Lockerman, of Lockerman Family Chiropractic, in Hiram was arrested Wednesday and charged with 8 counts of financial identity fraud and one count of theft by deception in a case that involves over $264,000.00 of identity theft. Detectives said they were first made aware of this case…
Category: Health Data
Patients at Charleston Area Medical Center sue following data breach
Joseph Goedert reports: Five of about 3,655 patients whose protected health information at Charleston Area Medical Center in West Virginia was breached last September have filed a lawsuit seeking class action status for all affected patients. The suit, Tabata v. Charleston Area Medical Center, was filed in Circuit Court in Kanawha County. The Charleston law…
Two other incidents reported to HHS
I haven’t found any documentation or media coverage of the following yet, so am simply reproducing them from HHS’s breach tool: Park Avenue Obstetrics & Gynecology, PC, AZ,, 635, 3/25/2011,Theft, Other Portable Electronic Device,, Union Security Insurance Company,MO,, 935, 2/18/2011,Unauthorized Access/ Disclosure,Other,, Does anyone have more information on these breaches?
CA: Concerns raised about paperwork spilled in San Rafael Highway 101 mishap
Will Jason reports that 20 boxes of documents with sensitive medical and financial information went flying off the back of truck owned by Baker Moving and Storage after it experienced a flat tire on Highway 101 near the Marin Civic Center while moving the records from one warehouse to another: Baker, whose company is based in…
Rape & Brooks Orthodontics notifies 20,744 patients that their information was on stolen server
Rape & Brooks Orthodontics, P.C., a multi-office Alabama practice specializing in braces for children and adults, recently notified 20,744 patients that burglars had broken into their Centerpoint, Alabama office and stolen some equipment, including a server that held personal and protected health information on patients who had been seen over the last 30 years by…
Rape & Brooks Orthodontics notifies 20,744 patients that their information was on stolen server
Rape & Brooks Orthodontics, P.C., a multi-office Alabama practice specializing in braces for children and adults, recently notified 20,744 patients that burglars had broken into their Centerpoint, Alabama office and stolen some equipment, including a server that held personal and protected health information on patients who had been seen over the last 30 years by…