CBS in Los Angeles reports that Reon Jordan, 34, a student at West Los Angeles Community College, was arrested on identity theft charges. “Additionally, the investigation has revealed that Suspect Jordan afforded herself hair extensions, clothing, jewelry and airline tickets to Alaska with her proceeds from the scheme,” Deputy Kim Manatt said. Jordan reportedly obtained her…
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FL: Three Sentenced in Orange County Health Department Identity Theft Scheme (update 1)
There’s a follow-up to a breach noted previously on this blog: U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. sentenced Delray Duncan, Gerald Williams, and Shanterica Smith to federal prison yesterday for identity theft. Specifically, the court sentenced Duncan to 42 months in federal prison, Williams to 54 months in federal prison, and Smith to 60…
Ca: Island Health offers apologies over privacy breach
There’s a follow-up to a breach reported recently in this blog. John Harding reports: Island Health is apologizing for a breach of privacy that put personal information of its clients up for sale at a local thrift shop. The NEWS broke the story of the breach in its Thursday edition. A local woman purchased file…
B.C. civil servant fired over privacy breach was rehired Monday
Cindy Harnett reports the latest development in a privacy breach affecting millions of Canadians whose data were shared with researchers without their consent. In the first public settlement to arise out of a sweeping two-year Health Ministry investigation, a B.C. civil servant was rehired Monday. Robert Neil Hart, one of seven who lost jobs as…
St. Joseph Health notifies patients of HIPAA breach due to failure to redact patient names from file sent to investment firm
St. Joseph Health reports that it experienced a privacy breach on February 18 when an employee neglected to delete a tab in an Excel spread sheet that contained patients’ names before sending the data to an investment firm preparing a proposal for St. Joseph Health. SJH’s letter to those affected explains: St. Joseph Health provides central…
Class Claims Atlanta Doctor Disclosed HIV Status
Courtney Walters reports that a lawsuit has been filed against a doctor in Atlanta, George for disclosing 379 patients’ names and HIV status: Lead plaintiff John Doe sued Pride Medical Services, three doctor/owners, a pharmacist and another part-owner of the clinic, in Fulton County State Court. Read more about the case on Courthouse News. According…