Christopher Brown reports: A data-breach victim whose personal information was subject to actual misuse has standing to sue the entity that suffered the breach, a federal appeals court said. Plaintiff Alexsis Webb plausibly alleged an injury-in-fact sufficient to confer standing to sue Injured Workers Pharmacy Inc. based on her allegation that information stolen from the…
Category: ID Theft
Four Nigerian Nationals Extradited To The United States To Face Charges In Wire Fraud And Identity Theft Conspiracy
Tampa, Florida – On June 22, United States Attorney Roger Handberg announced the successful extraditions of Akinola Taylor of the United Kingdom, Olayemi Adafin of the United Kingdom, Olakunle Oyebanjo of the United Kingdom, and Kazeem Olanrewaju Runsewe of Sweden. These individuals have been charged in the Middle District of Florida with conspiracy to commit…
Big Law, Big Problems: Fox Rothschild LLP Employees Face Serious Allegations of Malpractice and Criminal Activity
The following is a law firm-generated press release about a case they have filed. Keeping in mind that a complaint is allegations that have yet to be proven or disproven, DataBreaches has included this item on this site because if true, it would be a case of insider-wrongdoing via misuse of a client’s information. NEWS…
High court sides with Medicaid fraudster in identity theft case
Alexandra Jones reports: The Supreme Court unanimously shot down the government’s broad reading of identity theft law Thursday in a decision that will shorten the prison sentence of an Austin psychologist who defrauded Medicaid. “While the Government represents that prosecutors will act responsibly in charging defendants under its sweeping reading, this Court ‘cannot construe a…
Hacker Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Stealing Customer Credit Card Numbers
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Chirag Patel, 38, most recently of Norfolk, Virginia, was sentenced on May 8, 2023, by United States District Judge G. Murray Snow to 51 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. He also was ordered to pay $87,522.25 in restitution. Patel pleaded guilty to Computer Fraud. On numerous occasions…
CA: Elk Grove Unified School District investigating after employees report issues filing taxes
Brittany Hope reports: The Elk Grove Unified School District confirmed Monday it is investigating tax filing issues for some of its employees. KCRA 3 first received a tip about the potential identity theft two weeks ago but heard about official action from the district on Friday when we obtained a survey sent to some district…