Michelle Hunter reports: Gretna police arrested an employee of a local radio station accused of stealing the personal information of listeners who won prizes and using the data to open cable accounts and credit cards. Bryan Bienemy, 35, of Gretna, was arrested and booked Wednesday with three counts of felony identity theft and 19 counts of misdemeanor…
Category: ID Theft
FL: LabCorp employee accused of stealing patient information for credit card fraud
AFTV reports: A Lake County woman used her job drawing blood for lab tests to steal patients’ identities, open up credit cards and go on shopping sprees, investigators said. Channel 9 found out Kadesa Sayles lost her job at LabCorp. “She had access to confidential information, which included Social Security numbers, as well as credit card numbers,”…
No backsies: Man convicted of Flowers Hospital ID theft loses appeal
Lance Griffin reports the latest in the case of a Flowers Hospital employee who was convicted of stealing patient information for a tax refund fraud scheme. The breach, which was first disclosed last year, has resulted in a lawsuit against the hospital and its parent company, as well as an interesting prosecution in which the…
Kalahari Resorts in Wisconsin and Ohio hit by payment card breach
From their notice of December 1 (and no, this isn’t related to the Starwood properties’ breach disclosed recently): Kalahari Resorts recently became aware of a possible security incident involving credit and debit card data reportedly used at our food & beverage, retail and spa outlets at our Wisconsin (1305 Kalahari Dr., Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965)…
Bridgeport home healthcare aid arrested for stealing identity of 81-year-old
Fox61 reports that Philiann Barnett, 36, of Bridgeport, Connecticut has been arrested for the third time this year on charges of identity theft. In all three cases, she was working as a home healthcare aide to a senior with diminished mental capacity. According to Fox61, Barnett has been known to use the aliases Nikki Daley, Nikki…
NY: Blauvelt car salesman stole customer IDs: cops
Mike Donofrio reports that a car salesman employed at Rockland Nissan in Blauvelt has been arrested and charged with using customers’ information to open credit cards. Read more on LoHud.