Jessica DeLeon reports: Former Bradenton police sergeant Leonel Marines was suspended for three days without pay in 2012, after the first time he was caught misusing police databases and his badge to target women for dates or to have sex with them, according to internal affairs records. The pattern of abuse would continue for six…
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Dozens Of Northwestern Hospital Workers May Have Been Fired For Improperly Reviewing Jussie Smollett’s Records
Dana Kozlov reports: Dozens of workers at Northwestern Hospital may have been fired for improperly reviewing the medical records of Jussie Smollett, who was treated at the emergency room after he claimed he had been attacked by two men. Sources say those workers have been terminated after gaining access to the “Empire” actor’s medical chart….
PA: Former Patient Coordinator Pleads Guilty to Wrongfully Disclosing Health Information to Cause Harm
There’s an update to an insider wrong-doing HIPAA case first reported in July, 2018. From the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania: PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Butler, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of wrongfully disclosing the health information of another individual, United States Attorney Scott W….
Rush University notifies 45,000 patients after discovering insider wrongdoing at claims processing vendor
Last month, Rush University Hospital notified HHS of a breach that they reportedly discovered in December. The breach, affecting 908 patients, was coded as an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure incident with data located in paper/film format. At the time, Becker’s Spine Review reported that the incident was a mailing mix-up: According to the letter sent to affected patients,…
UK: Former council officer fined for emailing CVs of rival job applicants to his partner
From the Information Commissioner’s Office on February 27: A former senior local government officer has been prosecuted for passing the personal information of rival job applicants to his partner. Kevin Bunsell was employed by Nuneaton and Bedworth District Council in Warwickshire as its Head of Building Control and had been trained in data protection law….
Axa staff sentenced for data theft in 2015 “Wolf of Manchester” case
Sian Barton reports: Four people have been sentenced for their part in a scam which saw 100 pieces of data a week stolen from Axa Insurance between July and December in 2015. The City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED), which worked closely with Axa during the investigation, discovered that between 15 July…