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Category: ID Theft

Clinic worker who stole IDs of mentally ill, addicted patients for tax scam denied break on jail term

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Dissent

Matt Miller reports the update to a breach previously noted on this site: A clinic worker who stole the personal information of his mentally-ill and drug-addicted clients for a tax scam can’t evade a 5-year prison term for his crimes, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for…

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Alabama Resident Convicted in Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Schemes That Sought $26 Million

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Dissent

This case has been going on for years. You can find previous coverage of it on this site either by searching for individual defendants’ names or searching for “Alabama Department of Corrections.”  From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Alabama on November 9: A Phenix City, Alabama resident was convicted today by a federal…

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ICE Leads Investigation Into Medical Records Stolen From East Brunswick

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Dissent

There’s a follow-up to an incident previously reported on this site. Charlie Kratovil reports: A Sayreville man was arrested on September 12 and charged with “selling medical records that he stole from a storage unit in East Brunswick,” according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office (MCPO). Authorities stated that “over 1,000 medical records,” which contained…

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Carolina Oncology Specialists notifies 1,551 patients of possible breach

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Dissent

This notice on Carolina Oncology Specialists‘ web site, linked prominently from their home page, is a bit different than what we usually read: We want to make you aware of a situation we are working with local authorities to investigate. We received several credit card applications addressed to three of our patients with our street…

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Man who mistakenly called probation officer with victim’s personal info is sentenced

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Dissent

Here’s one for your thank-goodness-for-dumb-criminals file. Joe Marusak reports: A Charlotte identity-theft suspect who accidentally texted a victim’s personal information to his probation officer was sentenced to five years and six months in federal prison on Tuesday. Kendell Rashad Bowden, 26, pleaded guilty in March to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft….

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Former nurse convicted of stealing patient information, filing over $1M in fraudulent claims with IRS

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Dissent

Ashley White reports: Tangela Lawson-Brown was found guilty after a three-day federal trial in Tallahassee. The 41-year-old was convicted of wire fraud, theft of government funds, possession of unauthorized access devices and aggravated identity theft, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. Between October 2011 and December 2012, Lawson-Brown worked as a…

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