Joe Pyrah reports: A former clinical director of the Utah State Developmental Center in American Fork has been federally indicted on charges of identity theft and locally on charges of forcible sex abuse. Martin Joseph MacNeill, 52, and Gypsy Jyll Willis, aka Jillian Giselle MacNeill, 32, were indicted by a federal grand jury and arrested…
Category: Health Data
TX: Dumpster diver finds old medical records
Jessica Willey reports: It is information no one would want scattered on papers in a parking lot, much less thrown away in a dumpster for anyone to find. Medical records were found behind a 99 Cents store in southwest Houston putting people’s identities at risk. “This has got Social Security numbers, Medicare numbers. That’s pretty…
GA: Former nursing home employee arrested
Don Logana reports: A former nursing home employee is in jail tonight charged with elder abuse and stealing the identities of as many as 40 residents from nursing homes in the area. Thunderbolt police say Tamara Smith used her job as a certified nursing assistant to gain access to patients personal information. She is accused…
AL: Nursing assistant wanted for ID theft of nursing home resident
Lynne Jones reports: Authorities are looking for a former nursing home worker after an 98 year old resident’s identity was stolen. Investigators with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Identity Theft Unit believe Jacqueline Anne Lumpkin, 48, of Birmingham used the stolen identity to obtain more than $5,000 dollars worth of goods and services. Three warrants…
MD: Medical worker sentenced to prison in identity theft scheme
U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Christel Ebony Norwood, age 32, of Ft. Washington, Maryland today to 30 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein. Judge Chasanow also ordered Norwood to pay…
JP: Info on 110,000 students leaked
Personal information containing names, addresses, telephone numbers and bank account numbers used for paying tuition on all 110,000 students enrolled in Kanagawa prefectural senior high schools in fiscal 2006 was leaked–and remains–on the Internet because the involved parties have been unable to get it removed. Last September, the board of education received a fax from…