This notice on Carolina Oncology Specialists‘ web site, linked prominently from their home page, is a bit different than what we usually read: We want to make you aware of a situation we are working with local authorities to investigate. We received several credit card applications addressed to three of our patients with our street…
Category: ID Theft
Man who mistakenly called probation officer with victim’s personal info is sentenced
Here’s one for your thank-goodness-for-dumb-criminals file. Joe Marusak reports: A Charlotte identity-theft suspect who accidentally texted a victim’s personal information to his probation officer was sentenced to five years and six months in federal prison on Tuesday. Kendell Rashad Bowden, 26, pleaded guilty in March to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft….
Former nurse convicted of stealing patient information, filing over $1M in fraudulent claims with IRS
Ashley White reports: Tangela Lawson-Brown was found guilty after a three-day federal trial in Tallahassee. The 41-year-old was convicted of wire fraud, theft of government funds, possession of unauthorized access devices and aggravated identity theft, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. Between October 2011 and December 2012, Lawson-Brown worked as a…
Woman used stolen patient information to rent a car, cops say
Raisa Habersham reports: A former clinic employee is accused of stealing patients’ information and using one of the victim’s identity to rent a car, Atlanta police said. Police are not releasing the identity of the woman, who is still on the run and has 10 warrants to her name, Channel 2 Action News reported. The…
NY: Woman Stole Elderly Identities To Fund ‘Brazilian Butt Lift’; Cops Say
CBS News reports: A Huntington Station woman has been accused of ripping off physical therapy patients to pay for cosmetic surgery. Suffolk County Police say Andrea Echevarria pilfered personal information from records kept by her old employer, Deer Park PTDC — a physical therapy office located in Deer Park. Authorities allege that Echevarria used the…
FL: Billing employee in healthcare office sentenced for ID theft role
There’s an update to an insider breach case previously reported on this site. Sharmekia Young, the former Rotech Healthcare employee convicted of stealing almost 1,000 patients’ information, has been sentenced to three years in prison.