Following up on a report from September 2014, because while some of those indicted were convicted, one was acquitted and it’s only fair to report that in light of prior damage to his reputation. Rene Stutzman reports: A federal jury has acquitted a former NFL wide receiver who later worked as an Osceola County deputy, on charges he was…
Category: ID Theft
LA: Opelousas couple pleads guilty to identity theft
Do you really know who’s preparing your taxes? I’ve seen just soooo many cases of tax preparers stealing customers’ identity information for fraud schemes. Here’s another one: An employee of an Opelousas tax preparation business and her boyfriend pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing customers’ identities in order to pocket income tax refunds. Frances Owens, 36,…
IN: Founder of Empowerment Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Found Guilty of fraud, identity theft
Wanda C. Shorter, 43, of Elkhart, Indiana, was found guilty yesterday, after a four-day jury trial of all four counts charged by indictment in a health care billing fraud/aggravated identity theft case. According to documents in this case, Empowerment Non-Emergency Medical Transportation, Inc. (hereafter “Empowerment”) was an enrolled Medicaid provider. Defendant Wanda C. Shorter founded…
LA: Radio station employee stole contest winner info, opened cable accounts: Gretna police
Michelle Hunter reports: Gretna police arrested an employee of a local radio station accused of stealing the personal information of listeners who won prizes and using the data to open cable accounts and credit cards. Bryan Bienemy, 35, of Gretna, was arrested and booked Wednesday with three counts of felony identity theft and 19 counts of misdemeanor…
FL: LabCorp employee accused of stealing patient information for credit card fraud
AFTV reports: A Lake County woman used her job drawing blood for lab tests to steal patients’ identities, open up credit cards and go on shopping sprees, investigators said. Channel 9 found out Kadesa Sayles lost her job at LabCorp. “She had access to confidential information, which included Social Security numbers, as well as credit card numbers,”…
No backsies: Man convicted of Flowers Hospital ID theft loses appeal
Lance Griffin reports the latest in the case of a Flowers Hospital employee who was convicted of stealing patient information for a tax refund fraud scheme. The breach, which was first disclosed last year, has resulted in a lawsuit against the hospital and its parent company, as well as an interesting prosecution in which the…