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Category: ID Theft

CA: Mastermind of $1 Million Medicare Fraud Sentenced to 30 Months

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Dissent

I’ve repeatedly noted that Medicare/Medicaid fraud schemes pose significant risks to patients who do not know that their files have now been corrupted by inaccurate or false records used to support a fraud scheme. The following press release from the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California  highlights yet an…

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PF Chang’s continues its success in thwarting data breach class action lawsuits

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Dissent

Linn Freedman writes: We have been closely watching the class action suits against PF Chang’s (and other retailers) relating to the bistro’s data breach last year. In December, a federal district court in Illinois dismissed a proposed class action against PF Chang’s because the plaintiffs were unable to show that they had suffered actual harm…

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PA: Couple gets prison time for tax refund fraud scheme that used Crozer-Chester patients’ information

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Dissent

There’s an update to a case I’ve been covering since March, 2013, when Rafael Henriquez Polanco and his wife, Yanira Lopez, were first charged in a tax refund fraud scheme. According to court records, as part of the scheme, they paid employees at Crozer-Chester Medical Center and Chester Community Hospital to provide them with identity information of 144 patients.  The hospitals…

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FL: Broward Resident Pleads Guilty to Stealing Personally Identifiable Information of Magazine Subscription Customers

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Dissent

Eartha Ann Worthy, 29, of Broward County, Florida pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft for her participation in an identity theft fraud scheme involving the personally identifiable information of magazine subscription customers. According to court documents, law enforcement agents executed a search warrant…

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FL: Man, 24, arrested on ID theft charges in Orlando

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Dissent

WFTV reports: A 24-year-old man was arrested Thursday on charges of possession of credit card-making equipment, fraudulent use of scanning device, unlawful possession of personal identification information and possession of a firearm by a felon, said the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Chadd Thomason, 24, was arrested following a search warrant at his home on…

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Former lab technician at Children’s Heart Center Nevada arrested in suspected ID theft case (UPDATED)

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Dissent

Ricardo Torres reports: A lab technician at the Children’s Heart Center Nevada who had access to patient files containing personal information was arrested two months ago on suspicion of identity theft, the center’s attorney said Friday. Read more on the Las Vegas Review-Journal. CHCN issued a statement on their website today that says, in part:…

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