Linda Reilly reports: An alleged swindler involved in a sophisticated identity-theft ring involving personal information copied from hospital records is facing multiple identity theft and theft charges, police said. […] Shacoy McNish, 27, of the 400 block of Millbank Road, Upper Darby, was arrested in late November after allegedly purchasing almost $3,000 worth of merchandise…
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Jpn: Guilty verdict upheld over leak / Court says psychiatrist broke confidentiality
The Osaka High Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that found a psychiatrist guilty of leaking to a freelance journalist confidential investigation records of a fatal arson case involving a minor in Nara Prefecture. In October 2006, Morimitsu Sakihama, 51, gave Atsuko Kusanagi, 45, the investigation records on a then 16-year-old boy who…
Driver's Ed Photos of Dead Youth Didn't Violate Family's Privacy
Jeff Gorman reports: A woman can’t collect damages from a paramedic who displayed photos of her son’s dead body in a driver’s education class, the Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled. Jeremy Wooten died in a car accident at the age of 21. Paramedic Don Horton kept the photos, which are typically taken at the scene…
PA: Upper Darby man arrested, faces identity theft charges
Linda Reilly reports: An alleged swindler involved in a sophisticated identity-theft ring involving personal information copied from hospital records is facing multiple identity theft and theft charges, police said. […] Shacoy McNish, 27, of the 400 block of Millbank Road, Upper Darby, was arrested in late November after allegedly purchasing almost $3,000 worth of merchandise…
Autopsy reports altered in data breach at WDH: Frisbie says it will notify families of deceased
Adam D. Krauss updates us on an insider breach at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital (WDH) that was covered previously on this site. Frisbie Memorial Hospital says it will notify the families of two patients whose autopsy reports were altered when a Wentworth-Douglass Hospital employee made unauthorized changes to patients records’ at WDH’s pathology lab. Frisbie’s plan is…
Autopsy reports altered in data breach at WDH: Frisbie says it will notify families of deceased
Adam D. Krauss updates us on an insider breach at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital (WDH) that was covered previously on this site. Frisbie Memorial Hospital says it will notify the families of two patients whose autopsy reports were altered when a Wentworth-Douglass Hospital employee made unauthorized changes to patients records’ at WDH’s pathology lab. Frisbie’s plan is…