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Category: ID Theft

Couple sentenced for stealing identities of 71 mental health patients

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Dissent

Craig McCarthy reports an update to a case that first made the news in 2015, although it was not covered on this site at the time – likely because I didn’t know it involved patient information: A Sayreville couple was sentenced Friday for stealing thousands of dollars through an identity-theft ring that targeted mental health patients. They used…

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Owner Of Durable Medical Equipment Company And Three Physicians Charged With Health Care Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Dissent

SAN JUAN, P.R. – On February 13, 2017, a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a superseding indictment charging Dr. Dante A. Rodríguez-Rivera, Javier Efraín Siverio-Echevarría, Dr. George D. Alcántara-Cardi, Dr. Martha Nieves, Javier Antonio Aguirre- Estrada, and Carlos Maldonado-López with multiple counts of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health…

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Patient info goes for how much on the dark web?

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Dissent

So the next time you read a report about how much money patient info goes for on the dark web or read estimates about $200/record, perhaps you should shop around, because  medical records and health insurance info can be dirt  cheap.  This vendor will apparently sell you two patients’ records with their Social Security number, date…

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2016 W-2 data up for sale on the dark web (updated)

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Dissent

As regular readers know by now, DataBreaches.net has been compiling reported instances of W-2 phishing scams. As part of that investigation, I decided to take a quick look today at some dark net marketplaces to see if any data were up for sale. Brian Krebs had reported on this issue in January after finding a…

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Vermont Restaurant Settles Charges by Attorney General’s Office Over Credit Card Fraud

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Dissent

Caroline Strange reports that the Grand Buffet restaurant in Essex Junction, Vermont, has settled charges brought by the VT Attorney General’s Office following an investigation into credit card fraud that affected the restaurant’s customers. If that sounds a bit atypical to you (it did to me), it turns out that the restaurant had known there was…

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Bend medical billing employee arrested in ID thefts

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Dissent

KTVZ reports that a woman who worked at Desert Orthopedics in Bend, Oregon was arrested last month and charged with theft and identity theft for stealing and misusing some patients’ financial information. The case against Karleigh Kelly,36, arose last month, when Bend police got a report of fraudulent activity on a Redmond resident’s account, said Bend…

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