Two former New York City employees were sentenced to prison yesterday for identification fraud. Michael Wills, a former employee of the New York City Human Resources Administration, was sentenced to two years in prison for stealing copies of welfare recipients’ birth certificates and social security cards and selling them to another individual. Edward Jones, a…
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Former UPMC Shadyside Hospital employee charged with HIPAA violation
In the first HIPAA prosecution in the Western District of Pennsylvania, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced this week that a resident of Monroeville, Pa., had been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of multiple illegal disclosures and use of patient individually identifiable health information for personal gain. The Health…
NY: Westchester Police Arrest Bronx Man For Credit Card Fraud
Westchester County Police along with the U.S. Secret Service have arrested a Bronx man and charged him with stealing credit card information and then using it to buy more than $100,000 worth of consumer electronics. Officials say 31 year old James Davis of Decatur Avenue used a skimming device to steal credit card information while…
UK: Fraudster must pay £30,000
Polly Rippon reports: A conman from Sheffield who masterminded conspiracies to defraud high street bank customers out of hundreds of thousands of pounds has been ordered to pay back nearly £30,000 to the authorities. Lawrence Siaw, aged 36, recruited bank workers to steal customers’ account details, then used them to plunder huge sums from their…
UK police officer fined over privacy breach
Looks like another UK police officer has been disciplined for violating data protection laws by snooping. The Jersey Evening Post reports that Paul Byrne misused the force’s database to look up the address of a woman who is dating his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend. He was fined £300 by the Magistrate’s Court and could face further…
SeaChange Intl notifies employees in 26 states about potential ID theft
According to a notification submitted to the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office that was obtained by DataBreaches.net, SeaChange Intl. discovered back in July that a temporary administrative assistant had stolen an employee’s identity. The temporary administrative assistant, who had access to all U.S. employees’ information because of the nature of her work, confessed and was terminated…