Andrew Griffin reports: Stolen Netflix logins are being traded across the internet — and could be leaving people’s most personal information exposed. Numerous sites are sharing stolen logins to the video streaming site so that people can watch without paying the usual monthly fee. But since many people use the same login details for a…
Category: ID Theft
NV: Lab Tech Charged With Stealing Patient Information And Using It To Apply For Credit Cards
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A local woman who worked as a laboratory technician at an unnamed Las Vegas pediatric cardiology practice has been indicted by the federal grand jury on charges that she unlawfully obtained the personal identifying information of a patient and used it to apply for credit cards without the patient’s knowledge, announced…
SC: Employee fired after Bon Secours St. Francis Health System data breach discovered
Liv Osby reports: An employee at Bon Secours St. Francis Health System has been terminated after hospital officials discovered that she had inappropriately accessed personal patient information. Hospital employees began reporting in July that their insurers had recorded unpaid balances and charges for a prescription cream, officials said in a statement. An investigation concluded on…
Former Assistant Band Director Sentenced for Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme Involving Former Students and Other Individuals’ Personal Identifying Information
There’s a follow-up to a case previously reported on this site. From the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida: A former assistant band director was sentenced today to 61 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $129,321 for his participation…
FL: Broward man with 8,000 stolen IDs sentenced to prison for fraud
Paula McMahon reports: A Broward County man who amassed 8,000 stolen identities while committing multiple frauds was sentenced to more than nine years in federal prison Thursday, prosecutors said. Leonce Jeudy, 25, of Plantation, pleaded guilty to federal drug-dealing, fraud and identity theft charges earlier this year. Read more on Sun Sentinel. I really wish they’d…
California DMV worker indicted in ID theft probe
AP reports: A clerk at the California Department of Motor Vehicles and five other people have been indicted on charges involving the creation of new identities with Puerto Rican documents that were then used to get driver’s licenses, authorities said Wednesday. DMV clerk Tracy Lynette Jones pleaded not guilty on Monday in federal court in…