Amy Luft reports: Quebec provincial police have arrested three Montreal men they say are behind a widespread identity theft operation that stole personal information from scores of Quebec teachers and education workers. The three men were arrested on Friday: Frédéric Lapointe, 41, Rath Pak, 41, and Jimmy Saintelien, 39. In February, Quebec’s education minister revealed…
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Tampa Bay Area Medical Biller Indicted On Health Care Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft Charges
Nov. 20 – Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Joshua Maywalt (40, Tampa) with 4 counts of health care fraud and 4 counts of aggravated identity theft. Maywalt faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison for each of the health care fraud…
TX: Beaumont doctor found guilty in $6.7 million health care fraud scheme
KBMT reports: A Beaumont doctor has been convicted in connection with a $6.7 million federal health care fraud scheme. Grigoriy T. Rodonaia of Port Neches, was convicted by a jury on Tuesday for 12 counts of health care fraud, three counts of aggravated identity theft, making a false statement and two counts of accepting kickbacks…
Previously Convicted Former Physician Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud, Health Care Fraud, And Aggravated Identity Theft
There’s yet another update to the troubling case of Spyros Panos, who had been charged with stealing another physician’s identity to continue on his fraudulent way after losing his medical license for other crimes. A post on this site in 2018 provides some of the background and history. On October 30, the Southern District of…
Data breaches upping ATO fraud ‘red flags’
Asha Barbaschow reports: The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has a “red flag” feature, which serves up a “ping” whenever an individual or business has been suspected of having fraudulent activity conducted against their name or if their account has been compromised. Facing Senate Estimates on Tuesday, ATO client engagement second commissioner Jeremy Hirschhorn explained that…
Security lapse exposes hundreds of addresses of Minnesotans infected with COVID-19
Jay Kolls reports: In April, Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order allowing the Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety to share addresses of COVID-19 patients with first responders across Minnesota. The governor imposed strict guidelines for sharing those addresses to protect the identity of Minnesotans with COVID-19. MDH and…