Medical identity theft case: ST. LOUIS COUNTY – A woman was charged with identity theft Monday after police said she used another woman’s personal information to rack up nearly $20,000 in medical bills in 2015. According to charging documents, Lesley Rankin used someone else’s personal and insurance information when she was admitted to DePaul Hospital…
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KY: HR Employee Investigated In Identity Theft Allegations
Lex18 reports: A Mount Sterling company is under investigation amid allegations of identity theft by an employee in the company’s human resources department. The Montgomery County Sheriff Department and the management of Cooper Standard are investigating allegations of identity theft by human resources employee. Read more on Lex18.
Missouri man repeat offender on fraud and identity theft?
Veneta Rizvic reports: Eddie Lee Regans was indicted on fraudulent use of access devices, mail fraud and aggravated identity theft charges after allegedly using the personal information of several business customers to obtain credit for personal use. Regans, 50, of St. Louis, racked up charges of $89,000 between August 2015 and July 2016, according to the…
Former Tampa-Area Hospital Employee Sentenced For Stealing Patient Information And Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns
Tampa, Florida – Aug. 3 – U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Shanakia Benton to three years in federal prison for wrongful disclosure of individual identifiable health information and wire fraud. As part of her sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $77,239, the proceeds of the wire…
Texas Nurse Sentenced to Prison for Health Care Fraud Scheme
Aug. 3 – A 55-year-old Denton County, Texas, nurse, has been sentenced to federal prison for health care fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales. Florence Kroma, a/k/a Florence Kamara, a/k/a Florence Koroma, a/k/a Florence Bangura, 55, of Denton, Texas, was found guilty by a jury of nine…
WI: Janesville Pharmacist Charged with Health Care Fraud & Identity Theft
Madison, Wis. – John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Mark Johnson, 55, Janesville, Wis., was arrested without incident in Janesville, by agents from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, with assistance from the Janesville Police Department. Johnson will make…