Lita Beck and Ken Kalthoff report: A California man who stole thousands of identities, including those of U.S. service members, was sentenced Thursday in Dallas to more than six years in federal prison. Rene Quimby, 42, pleaded guilty in May to one count of fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft in the case,…
Category: Breach Incidents
FL: Former employee convicted of stealing identity info of over 500 people from DCF computers for purposes of Medicare fraud
A jury returned a verdict of guilty on September 12, 2011 against Yenky Sanchez, 25, of Miami. Sanchez was found guilty on one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit authentication feature fraud, and ten counts of aggravated identity theft. The guilty verdict against Sanchez follows on the…
UK: Eastern and Coastal Kent Primary Care Trust loses CD with 1.6 million patients’ information
A small notice/entry on the Information Commissioner’s Office site yesterday: An Undertaking to comply with the seventh data protection principle has been signed by Eastern and Coastal Kent Primary Care Trust. This follows the loss of a CD containing personal data during a move of office premises. View the Eastern and Coastal Kent Primary Care Trust…
FL: Nurse stole and texted patient info to co-conspirator for tax fraud scheme
Chase Purdy reports: Polk County deputies arrested a Winter Haven nurse Tuesday on charges she swindled money and identification information from more than 30 elderly patients. Cathy “Pumpkin” McClain was charged with grand larceny, ID theft and scheming to defraud several patients at Brandywyne Healthcare Center, a nursing home in Winter Haven. Authorities said McClain…
OH: Personal information for 1,200 lost by Montgomery Co. Office
A USB thumb drive containing social security numbers for 1,200 people who sought assistance from the Montgomery County Department of Job and Family Services went missing from the department in August. A notification sent by mail to the affected people said the department discovered the flash drive containing the information was missing August 24. The…
UK: NHS trust signs undertaking after two breaches involving paper records
The Information Commissioner’s Office reports that an undertaking has been signed today by Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust. The trust breached the Data Protection Act by losing the personal information of 49 patients in two separate incidents earlier this year. In one case a member of the public found a handover sheet containing names…