Paula Reed Ward reports: UPMC on Thursday will begin making payments to 66,000 employees who were victims of a 2014 data breach — as part of a settlement approved late last year. Employees were notified via an email on Monday that they will receive a payment notification with a link to claim it electronically. They…
Category: ID Theft
Physician Sentenced to Prison for Health Care Fraud Scheme
A Florida physician was sentenced today in the Southern District of Florida to two years in prison for a health care and wire fraud scheme involving the submission of false and fraudulent claims to both Medicare and a financial services company that offered consumer loans to patients for out-of-pocket medical expenses. According to court filings…
Russian National Indicted in East Texas for Cyber Hacking Enterprise
Press release: TYLER, Texas –A 23-year-old Russian man has been indicted in the Eastern District of Texas for offenses related to operating a cyber-criminal marketplace that sold thousands of stolen login credentials, personal identifiable information, and authentication tools, announced Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston. Igor Dekhtyarchuk, a resident and national of the…
New Orleans Woman Sentenced to 15 Months in Federal Prison for Bank Larceny of Over $200,000 Using Patient Information Stolen from Metairie Medical Clinic
There’s an update to a case that involved theft of patient data from an unnamed Metairie clinic to support a fraud scheme. The trio was arrested back in 2015 but have first been sentenced. From the Department of Justice, this press release yesterday: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ASHLEY…
Computer consultant sentenced to prison for access device fraud scheme
ATLANTA – Kevin Kirton has been sentenced for running an access device fraud scheme that involved stealing over $600,000 in fraudulent tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service. “Kirton created technical ‘solutions’ to conduct his own fraud schemes and help others commit fraud,” said U.S. Attorney Kurt R. Erskine. “Every thief believes they have developed…
CONSUMER ALERT: Consumers Impacted by T-Mobile Data Breach At Risk of Potential Identity Theft
The following alert was published by New York State Attorney General, but it applies to consumers in all states, so if you were a former, then-current, or prospective T-Mobile customer in 2021, you should read this: NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today provided guidance to consumers who may have been impacted…