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Category: ID Theft

Tempe nurse assistant stole patient identities to open bank accounts, lease apartments, police say

Posted on September 17, 2021 by Dissent

12News reports: A Tempe nurse assistant is accused of stealing the identities of her patients to lease apartments and purchase expensive vehicles. Sierra Johnson, 24, is facing several criminal charges after investigators connected her to several cases of fraud and identity theft throughout the Valley. Johnson worked at various rehabilitation facilities in Mesa, Goodyear, Phoenix,…

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Airport Store Operator Negligence Caused Huge Damages in 2020 Hack, Class Action Lawsuit Alleges

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Dissent

Anne Bradley-Smith reports: Airport store operator, Paradies Shops LLC, which runs more than 850 retail and 170 restaurant locations in more than 100 airports across the United States, was negligent with employee data and caused huge damages to more than 76,000 employees after a 2020 data breach, a new class action lawsuit alleges. Ramirez, and…

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Three people arrested in connection with identity theft of Surfside condo victims

Posted on September 9, 2021 by Dissent

Kay Jones, Steve Almasy, and Rebekah Riess report: Three people have been arrested in South Florida and accused of identity theft of victims of the Surfside condo collapse, a top prosecutor said Wednesday. There were seven victims in this case, five of whom are deceased, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said at a news conference….

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Nigerian hacker and a repeat offender sentenced to federal prison for unemployment fraud and tax fraud scheme

Posted on September 2, 2021 by Dissent

Bamidele Muraina, a Nigerian national who hacked into tax preparation firms and filed fraudulent unemployment benefit claims and tax returns using stolen personally identifiable information, and Gabriel Kalembo, a previously convicted fraudster who laundered the fraudulent assets, have both been sentenced to federal prison. The sentencing was announced today by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for…

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Follow-up: Woman Who Stole and Sold Protected Health Information Sentenced to 2 ½ Years in Prison

Posted on July 30, 2021 by Dissent

There was a follow-up last week to a case DataBreaches.net has reported on several times, beginning in December, 2020 when Demetrius Cervantes, 46, of McKinney, and Amanda Lowry, 40, of Sherman, Texas pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obtain protected health information from a protected computer. A third conspirator, Lydia Henslee, faced additional charges and subsequently…

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Hospital worker stole identities of dying California patients in COVID scam, feds say

Posted on July 23, 2021 by Dissent

Helen Wegner reports: A hospital employee is accused of sharing patient identities with scammers who then fraudulently tried to obtain their COVID-19 unemployment benefits, according to court documents unsealed this week. Matthew Lombardo worked at the Scripps Health hospital in San Diego as a patient service representative where he obtained and verified patient information, including…

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