There’s a follow-up to an incident previously reported on this site. Charlie Kratovil reports: A Sayreville man was arrested on September 12 and charged with “selling medical records that he stole from a storage unit in East Brunswick,” according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office (MCPO). Authorities stated that “over 1,000 medical records,” which contained…
Category: Theft
Computer file stolen in Oklahoma could put Spokane veterans at risk for identity theft
Thomas Clouse reports: The staff at Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center is working to determine the scope of what could be the potential release of records for 1,915 veterans, who could now become victims of identity theft. On July 18 someone stole two USB drives containing the personal information for the veterans from a contract employee…
Laptop with “sensitive material” on homicides stolen from DA employee’s car
Joe Eskenazi reports: Car break-ins in San Francisco have reached epidemic proportions, and city employees aren’t immune. Now it’s the Office of the District Attorney’s turn. Thankfully, it wasn’t a gun stolen from a car this time. But the item lost to a burglar or burglars is tied to San Francisco homicides. An alert sent…
Laptop with Bassett Family Practice patient data stolen from employee’s car
Brian Carlton reports: The records from more than 500 patients at Bassett Family Practice were stolen in August, company officials say. On Friday, officials from the facility sent out letters to all of their patients, informing them what was included in the theft and what steps the medical practice is taking to prevent it from…
AU: Financial records, kids names, charity money stolen
Jacob Miley reports: Parents and workers at a child care centre broken into overnight say they’re disappointed more than anything. About $200 of charity money was taken, along with a back up hard drive with all the children’s names and the business’s financial records on it. Centre director Angela Watson said she was certain the…
Missing computer prompts Charlottesville elections office changes
Chris Suarez reports: Charlottesville election officials last week reported that after the June 13 primary, they lost a small computer containing names, personal addresses and assigned polling places of voters in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. The information on the computer is pared down from data that is publicly accessible in the city election office. Officials…