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Category: ID Theft

NY: Winthrop-University Hospital worker charged with stealing patients’ personal information, cops say

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Dissent

Ellen Yan reports that Jasmine Sanchez, 33, an accounts representative at Winthrop-University Hospital, was arrested for  stealing at least 11 patients’ personal information, including Social Security numbers. Read more on Newsday (sub. req.)

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NSUH Identify Theft Lawsuit Narrowed to One Negligence Claim

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Dissent

Joel Stashenko reports: A Queens judge has severely limited the basis on which former patients at the North Shore University Hospital may sue over a security breach they blame for the thefts of their identities. Supreme Court Justice Robert McDonald dismissed 10 of their 11 claims, finding in large part that the alleged violations of federal or…

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AL: Woman pleads guilty to $7.5 million identity-theft scheme

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Dissent

There’s an update to a case previously noted on this site. Talashia Hinton pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to using information stolen from state of Alabama databases maintained by the state of Alabama to file false tax returns and steal millions from the government. The indictment contends that Hinton worked with co-conspirators to file…

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FL: Brothers Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme Involving Students’ and Other Individuals’ Information

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Dissent

There’s an update to a case previously noted on this site. Two North Miami brothers were sentenced for an identity theft tax fraud scheme involving students and other individuals’ personal identifying information. Rigo Octavio Lopez, 25, and Luis Daniel Lopez Morales, 19, were each sentenced to 48 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release,…

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IRS: Hackers May Have Stolen Tax Information From Additional 220,000

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Dissent

Julianne Pepitone reports: The Internal Revenue Service revealed Monday that criminals potentially accessed tax information for a total of 338,000 taxpayers — triple the amount feared when the breach was first disclosed in May. The IRS had originally said that hackers potentially accessed information for 114,000 taxpayers via an online system. The agency did a further review and…

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Credit Monitoring Services Following Data Breach NOT Taxable Income to Employees, IRS Announces

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Dissent

Joe Lazzarotti writes: When an employer is responding to a breach of their employees’ personal information, one of the last things they may think about is whether the value of the credit monitoring or other identity protection services they make available to affected employees should be considered taxable to the employees and reported as such. In Announcement…

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