A former employee of the Oregon Department of Human Services has been indicted on accusations he stole at least $14,750 in state money. The worker, 34-year-old Naudaan Hurh, faces 18 felony counts, including charges of aggravated theft, identity theft and computer crime, Attorney General John Kroger said in a news release. Read more on KPTV
Category: Health Data
Laptops containing medical details of Birmingham patients stolen
In the U.K.: Laptops containing the private and medical details of more than 7,000 Birmingham NHS patients, including sick children, have been stolen prompting a massive security alert. Surgical firm Trulife used by four hospitals – Birmingham Children’s Hospital, City Hospital, in Winson Green, Sandwell Hospital, in West Bromwich, and Rowley Regis Hospital – has…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Michael E. Rohrer has been charged with grand theft and identity fraud for allegedly stealing the credit card numbers of at least three people while working at Kettering Animal Hospital Inc. More. More. As a follow-up to a case previously reported on this site, Dawn Philbin, the Saint Anthony Hospital worker…
Prompt Med statement on recent breach
In a statement released on Wednesday, Prompt Med, which took over Battleground Urgent Care, said they regret the incident in which hundreds of medical files were discovered in a Greensboro dumpster: Prompt Med Management Company, Inc. regrets the incident regarding transportation of patients’ medical records that occurred last week. These files were being transferred to…
ID theft nets $45,000 in medical care
Police charged a Knightdale man today with attempting to receive medical treatment valued at more than $40,000 from a local hospital by using another person’s identity, court records show. WakeMed police charged Stephen Thomas Mullen Jr. with one felony count of obtaining property by false pretenses, according to an arrest warrant filed this morning at…
Ex-hospital worker arrested in ID thefts
East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s deputies have arrested a former Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center employee for allegedly stealing the personal information of 46 patients. Authorities say 25-year-old Damian Raby took the information in 2006 when he worked for the hospital and since then has opened 46 debit cards and has fraudulently…