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AL: State Trial Underway for Flowers Hospital Identity Thief

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Dissent

There’s a follow-up to a case involving theft of Flowers Hospital patient data by an employee for tax refund fraud. The data theft was first disclosed in April 2014, and reportedly occurred between June, 2013 and February, 2014. Within weeks, a potential class action lawsuit was filed.  Over the summer, the hospital moved to dismiss for…

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Number of tax refund fraud victims at Ball State U. climbs; source of breach unknown

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Dissent

Eighty employees of Ball State University have become victims of tax refund fraud, and the numbers seem to be growing each week, while both the university and Anthem say that they are not responsible for the problem. In response to its employees’ problems, however, BSU has created an identity theft information line. Seth Sablaugh reports on the known…

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Russian National Known as “Joga” Pleads Guilty to Online Fraud Scheme

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Dissent

A Russian man known by the online nickname “Joga,” pleaded guilty  in U.S. District Court in Boston to participating in a scheme to acquire more than $400,000 in consumer goods and stored value cards using stolen credit and debit card information. Alexey Svetlichnyy, 32, a Russian citizen living in Tewksbury, Mass., pleaded guilty to an…

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Tacoma Woman Who Led Tax Fraud And Id Theft Scheme Pleads Guilty

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Dissent

A Tacoma, Washington woman who used a prison pen pal program to obtain other peoples’ personally identifying information pleaded guilty  in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced Acting United States Attorney Annette L. Hayes.  Shannon Henderson, 45, filed more than 150 fraudulent tax returns between 2009 and 2014,…

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MI: Indictments issued in Blue Cross Blue Shield identity theft case

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Dissent

Dustin Blitchok reports on another insider breach at a HIPAA-covered entity: Eleven suspects were indicted on multiple identity theft-related charges Tuesday by the Detroit district attorney’s office in a case that accuses them of stealing the personal information of Blue Cross Blue Shield subscribers and using it to apply for credit and purchase merchandise in…

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CA: Bistro Burger discloses payment card breach at Mission Street location

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Dissent

California-based Bistro Burger is notifying customers of a payment card breach via notices on their web site and legal notices in the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. Copies of the notices have been submitted to the California Attorney General’s web site. The breach reportedly affects one of their four locations. Legal Notices:…

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