Low-tech still pays. Today, Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Jacquelyn Ann Crawford, age 40, and Charlene M. Haggard, age 43, both of Spokane pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Sentencing is scheduled for February 17, 2011. At their change of…
Category: Theft
UC Davis Medical Center notified 900 patients of data theft
Bobby Caina Calvan of the Sacramento Bee reports: UC Davis Medical Center officials said financial documents and other data containing information about 900 patients were stolen in an August burglary of a West Sacramento courier service. A med center spokesman, Charles Casey, said the affected patients were notified of the incident, and “the risk of identity…
VA: 35,000 residents’ SSNs compromised when Accomack County laptop stolen on employee’s vacation to Vegas
We all know how I love reporting on laptops stolen from cars because it’s just such an unusual thing and no one could have possibly foreseen it, right? Ted Shockley reports: An Accomack employee had a county-owned laptop computer stolen while on a personal vacation to Las Vegas, and with it the names and Social…
TN: DCS building burglarized, confidential information found
Nate Morabito reports: Johnson City police are looking for the person who ransacked the Plymouth Road Department of Children’s Services building this weekend. According to the police report, officers believe a juvenile likely broke into the building to get the title to his car back. According to the report, that title was stripped from him after…
Stolen Trade Center Management Associates employee data triggered homeland security concerns
In June, Trade Center Management Associates in Washington, D.C. became aware that employee data had been stolen from a TCMA facility. Employee information on the stolen equipment included names, SSN, and in some cases, fingerprints. Among those with data on the device were 284 Maryland residents. The TCMA describes itself as a private sector…
Farmers Insurance agent takes 4 mos. to notify policyholders of data theft
Computers stolen from a California agent of Farmers Insurance on March 16 contained sensitive policyholder data, but the policyholders were not notified of theft until the end of July. According to a notification sent by Farmers Insurance to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office, data on the stolen computers for an unspecified number of policyholders included…