A former financial planner was sentenced to two years in prison and three years of probation for stealing personal identity information of about 3,000 clients and using the information to open new accounts, make purchases and cash advances and reroute the clients’ mail. Andrew W. Myers, 33, a former financial planner at Northwestern Mutual and…
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ME: Sheriff Department’s Social Security numbers breach poses privacy concerns
Seth Koenig reports: Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce is urging the approximately 180 people recently arrested by his agency whose Social Security numbers were accidentally made public this week to be wary of strange activity in their bank or other personal accounts. […] On Thursday night, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office announced that a new…
Wyndham files motion to dismiss FTC privacy suit
Stephen E Wieker and Liisa M. Thomas write: In a strongly-worded motion filed in federal district court in Arizona, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts LLC recently asked the court to dismiss all charges filed by the Federal Trade Commission alleging Wyndham engaged in unfair and deceptive privacy practices. As we reported in June, according to the FTC, these practices…
Update: Alleged EPISD computer hacker expected to plead guilty
Adriana M. Chavez reports: A 20-year-old Mississippi man accused of hacking into the El Paso Independent School District’s computer system last year is scheduled to plead guilty later this month. Court records show Kaleb Harper Ketchens will plead guilty at 10 a.m. Sept. 19 before Senior U.S. District Judge David Briones. Read more on El Paso Times. As…
Four Twin Cities men convicted in ID theft ring
Dan Browning reports: Jurors in St. Paul returned guilty verdicts Thursday against four participants in a wide-ranging identity fraud ring based in the Twin Cities that bilked about $2 million from banks and retailers across 14 states. The defendants were among 28 people charged in the conspiracy; their co-defendants have all pleaded guilty. Read more…
Data Breach at Boston Water and Sewer Commission
Iran Kantor reports: The Boston Water and Sewer Commission has been informed that a contractor working to upgrade the Commission’s meter reading software is unable to locate a hard drive that may have contained the commission’s water and sewer account information, according to a letter sent out to residents earlier this month. The missing drive…