The South Beach restaurant whose customers had their data skimmed was not named in this press release. There’s also no explanation of where the defendants obtained Social Security numbers and other personal information: United States v. Christopher M. Mack, Case No. 15-2317-MJ-O’Sullivan On March 16, 2015, Christopher M. Mack, 30, of Miami, was charged by criminal complaint…
Category: ID Theft
FL: Another prosecution of fraudsters using student information for tax refund fraud scheme
Another criminal prosecution announced today involved tax refund fraud using information from Miami-Dade Public School students: United States v. Luis Daniel Lopez Morales and Rigo Octavio Lopez, Case No. 15-2428-MJ-Goodman On April 1, 2015, Luis Daniel Lopez Morales, 19, and Rigo Octavio Lopez, 25, both of North Miami, were charged by criminal complaint for their participation in a…
FL: Former Aventura Hospital employee charged criminally in ID theft scheme
Today, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida revealed a prosecution stemming from an insider breach impacting Aventura Hospital patients, although I’m not confident I can figure out which Aventura Hospital breach this is related to (see PHIprivacy.net and this site for previous reports of Aventura Hospital insider breaches). Note that the employee…
CareerSource South Florida employee stole and sold identity info on public benefits applicants
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida announced a slew of indictments today. Here’s one that involved a government database: United States v. Cora Eutsay, Case No. 15-2250-MJ-Turnoff Cora Eutsay, 50, of Miami, was charged by criminal complaint with trafficking in and using unauthorized access devices to obtain anything of value, aggregating $1,000…
CA: Mastermind of $1 Million Medicare Fraud Sentenced to 30 Months
I’ve repeatedly noted that Medicare/Medicaid fraud schemes pose significant risks to patients who do not know that their files have now been corrupted by inaccurate or false records used to support a fraud scheme. The following press release from the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California highlights yet an…
PF Chang’s continues its success in thwarting data breach class action lawsuits
Linn Freedman writes: We have been closely watching the class action suits against PF Chang’s (and other retailers) relating to the bistro’s data breach last year. In December, a federal district court in Illinois dismissed a proposed class action against PF Chang’s because the plaintiffs were unable to show that they had suffered actual harm…