In the first HIPAA prosecution in the Western District of Pennsylvania, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced this week that a resident of Monroeville, Pa., had been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of multiple illegal disclosures and use of patient individually identifiable health information for personal gain. The Health…
Category: ID Theft
IL: Cardholders Missing Thousands in Bogus ATM Withdrawals
Charlie Wojciechowski reported this Wednesday, so by now the numbers may be higher: Thieves have stolen money through unauthorized ATM transactions more than 30 times since Sunday, suburban police departments say. Buffalo Grove police said they’ve fielded 20 complaints from residents who’ve said they’ve lost thousands of dollars…. There have also been at least 15…
Man Gets 6 Years in Prison for Laundering $2.5 Million for Carders
Kim Zetter writes: A California man who served as a lynchpin for transmitting stolen money to hackers and carders in East Europe and elsewhere was sentenced on Thursday to 6 years in prison for conspiring to launder money. Cesar Carranza, 38, also known as “uBuyWeRush,” ran a legitimate business selling liquidation and overstock merchandise online…
Woman charged in Tredyffrin ID theft
Richard Ilgenfritz reports: A Maryland woman is behind bars this week in Chester County on $25,000 bail in connection with an international ID-theft ring with tentacles that reached from the Main Line through Maryland to Canada, Ecuador, England, China and Vietnam. Police identified the suspect as Sheila Oleta Myers, 53, of the 6500 block of…
FBI arrests dozens in raid on massive N.J. bank-fraud ring
Joe Ryan reports: FBI and IRS agents swept across New Jersey this morning and arrested roughly 50 alleged members of a massive bank-fraud ring that authorities say hijacked identities of overseas workers to bilk financial institutions. Authorities say members of the ring used Social Security numbers from Asian immigrants who worked in American territories, including…
Update: Roseville credit-card fraud traced to one restaurant
Bill Lindelof reports: Hundreds of local cases in which thieves have collected credit-card numbers and used them to fraudulently make purchases have been traced to customers who frequented one Roseville restaurant, police said today. Roseville police said that hundreds of credit-card numbers were compromised at Paul Martin’s American Bistro. Read more on the Sacramento Bee….