Alex Friedrich reports: About two dozen University of Minnesota faculty members have told administrators they suspect someone has committed tax fraud using their personal information. Two professors say they and other colleagues were unable to file federal taxes online, because the Internal Revenue Service website told them someone had already filed in their names. The…
Category: ID Theft
Infosys salary accounts hacked
Nikhila Henry reports: In a case of internet fraud, the salary accounts of more than 23 employees of software major, Infosys, in several cities across the country were hacked and money siphoned off in May this year. The fraud has forced ICICI, the official bank of the company to refund the amounts. Sources said that…
Seven Charged in North Texas as Part of Largest National Medicare Fraud Takedown in History
Some of the data theft referred to in the charges was previously reported on PHIprivacy.net in 2011 and 2014. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced today a nationwide sweep led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in 17 districts, resulting in charges against 243…
8 Indicted in Identity Thefts of Patients at Montefiore Medical Center
Liam Stack reports: A Montefiore Medical Center employee and seven others were indicted on Friday on charges of stealing the personal information of as many as 12,000 hospital patients and using it to make purchases at luxury stores, the Manhattan district attorney said. Officials said Monique Walker, 32, an assistant clerk at the hospital, allegedly stole personal information, including…
FL: Tax Fraudster Receives 27-Year Prison Sentence; Scheme Used Stolen Patient Information
Some of the breaches mentioned in this press release had been covered on PHIprivacy.net. Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Charlene Honeywell has sentenced James Lee Cobb, III (27, Tampa) to 27 years in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity…
UK: Routh online pet supply store owners jailed for fraud
BBC reports: A mother and son who scammed more than £500,000 from customers of their online pet supply store have been jailed. Mechelle Chatfield, 47, and her son Ian, 28, used their customers credit card details to take small amounts of money between 2010 and 2012. They submitted 35,000 card entries for websites they ran…