Way back when, I had written myself a note about a case in which five Indiana residents had been indicted on charges that related to an ID fraud conspiracy involving theft of patient information. According to the press release in December 2013 from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Indiana, the five individuals were indicted November…
Category: Breach Incidents
Is Anthem screwing dependents of former members on breach notification? (update 2: No)
Update 2 (March 12). Because Anthem gave me the run-around instead of a straightforward answer, I asked a mainstream reporter from a large news outlet to pose the question to them. He managed to get an answer: Anthem is notifying all impacted members. The letters are being mailed as we speak. Because of the volume…
High-Level Member Of Large-Scale, $5 Million ATM Skimming Scheme Convicted On Multiple Charges
A Chicago man was convicted at trial for his role in a large-scale, long-running, and lucrative scheme to steal bank customer account information – commonly referred to as “ATM skimming” – by installing hidden card-reading devices on ATMs throughout New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Florida, and elsewhere, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Dinu Horvat,…
Tacoma Woman Who Led Tax Fraud And Id Theft Scheme Pleads Guilty
A Tacoma, Washington woman who used a prison pen pal program to obtain other peoples’ personally identifying information pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced Acting United States Attorney Annette L. Hayes. Shannon Henderson, 45, filed more than 150 fraudulent tax returns between 2009 and 2014,…
Valley Community Healthcare notifies patients after laptop with their information was stolen
Valley Community Healthcare in California is notifying some patients who underwent cardiogram testing. In a letter dated March 9, Paul Wilson, President/CEO and Roger A. Meeks, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, informed patients: On February 24, 2015 we discovered that a laptop computer attached to the Electrocardiogram (EKG) machine in the General Medicine department was missing. The…
Sonoma County social worker sued for snooping in applicant’s files
Sometimes employees snoop in healthcare or government databases just out of curiosity. Other times, they snoop to obtain information to misuse. That misuse could involve financial fraud such as tax refund fraud, or it could involve tormenting your neighbor, according to a lawsuit in Santa Rosa, California. Paul Payne of the Press Democrat reported on a case…