GoLocalProv reports: A breach of highly confidential personnel records at ABC6 has lead to an investigation by the Rhode Island State Police, the firing for four members of the news organization and three suspensions. Included in the firings is Alexandra Cowley, the anchor for the evening news and an emerging star in the Providence television…
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IRS Employees Arrested for Fraudulent Tax Returns
Two long-time IRS employees were arrested yesterday at the IRS facility in Fresno as they came to work. On April 14, 2015, a 38-count indictment was brought against Della Ornelas, 48, and Randall Ruff, 52, both of Fresno, charging them with aiding others in the preparation of false tax returns, and making their own fraudulent tax…
Employee in Prince Albert snooped into ex-husband’s, daughter’s medical files
CBC reports: Snooping into someone’s medical data is a breach of privacy rules, but secretly conducting urine tests is not, Saskatchewan’s privacy and information commissioner says. A Saskatchewan man complained to the privacy commissioner last year that his ex-wife poked into health information and performed urine tests at a hospital in the Prince Albert area when it…
NJ: Woman sues hospital, claims HIV status was revealed in security breach
Anna Merriman reports: A security breach at a Plainsboro hospital resulted in one employee’s medical records and HIV-positive status being leaked to her coworkers, according to a recently filed lawsuit. The woman, a housekeeping aide with the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, claims she was hired there in 1988, according to a lawsuit…
MS: Madison resident arrested for identity theft and Medicaid fraud
Brenda Faye Mason, 50, of Madison, has been arrested and faces charges for Medicaid fraud and identity theft, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today. Mason turned herself in Tuesday to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office following the indictment by a Madison County Grand Jury on multiple counts of Medicaid Fraud and one count of identity…
FL: Employee of Home Health Care Company Pleads Guilty in Identity Theft Fraud Scheme Involving a Patient’s Personal Identifying Information
I just received this press release from the IRS, Criminal Investigation: An employee of a home health care company in Broward County pled guilty for her participation in an identity theft fraud scheme involving a patient’s personal identifying information. Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Kelly R. Jackson, Special…