The Canadian Press reports an arrest in a case involving inappropriate access to B.C.’s PharmaNet system: An investigation was launched in February after police were notified that someone was fraudulently using information obtained through the data system. […] The province said in a release Monday that 20,500 people may have had their information viewed inappropriately, up dramatically…
Category: ID Theft
Tampa man sentenced for his role in data breach at local medical practice
Frances McMorris reports: One of three men indicted last year for stealing the personal patient information from a Tampa medical practice to create fraudulent credit cards and steal tax refunds was sentenced to six years in federal prison Tuesday. Anthony Michael Harris, 26, of Tampa was sentenced for conspiracy and aggravated identity theft by U.S….
St. Louis-area health care worker admits fraud, ID theft
AP reports: Sentencing is scheduled for this summer for a Missouri home health care worker who admitted in federal court that she defrauded senior citizens. Twenty-seven-year-old De’Janay Noldon pleaded guilty Monday in St. Louis to one count each of mail fraud and identity theft. Federal prosecutors say that while working early last year as a…
Former Philly doctor hacked into old high school classmates’ social media accounts, police say
Michael Boren reports: A former Philadelphia doctor hacked into the cell phone, email, and social media accounts of several former classmates at Burlington County’s Delran High School, from which he graduated in 2005, and then made copies of their photos, authorities said. Peter Grossman, 29, who lives in Center City, was charged with identity theft…
FL: PBSO deputy pleads guilty to federal ID theft
Fox29 reports: After some hesitation and much confusion, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Deputy Frantz Felisma plead guilty to identity theft and device fraud in federal court Thursday. Federal investigators say Felisma used his department issued laptop, and his access to a law enforcement database, to steal personal information from at least 15 people. Felisma then…
Lawsuit against Flowers Hospital over theft of personal information attains class action status
Lance Griffin has an update to another long-running data breach lawsuit: A federal judge has granted class action status to a civil lawsuit involving the theft of personal information at Flowers Hospital, believed to have occurred in 2013. The decision, if ultimately approved, means people who believe they have been adversely affected as a result…