Frances McMorris reports: One of three men indicted last year for stealing the personal patient information from a Tampa medical practice to create fraudulent credit cards and steal tax refunds was sentenced to six years in federal prison Tuesday. Anthony Michael Harris, 26, of Tampa was sentenced for conspiracy and aggravated identity theft by U.S….
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Lucchese Computer Hacker Pleads Guilty
Andra Litton reports: A disgruntled ex-employee of Lucchese Boots plead guilty to one count of transmission of a program to cause damage to a computer in federal court after he hacked into the Lucchese computer network after he’d been fired and managed to shut down the company’s e-mail server and application server in the September….
NZ: Sacked Waikato medics snooped into patient files
Aaron Leaman reports: Prying into patient files cost two Waikato Hospital staff their jobs and prompted two others to resign. Twelve privacy or confidentiality breaches have been committed by Waikato staff since 2012. Offences range from unauthorised snooping on medical records, to misdirected emails. Patient privacy came under the spotlight earlier this month after Auckland District Health Board announced…
Law Firm Sues Former Lawyer, Alleging He Stole Client Information and Operated His Own Firm on the Side
Brenda Sapino Jeffreys reports: Houston intellectual property and trial firm Matthews, Lawson, McCutcheon & Joseph has sued former lawyer Erik Osterrieder, alleging the patent attorney “stole and secreted off-site in his personal law firm” confidential client information, and in one instance took a client’s information and then set that client up to be represented by…
Nursing home employee arrested after filming senior residents having sex, posted video online
SOTT reports: A nursing home employee in Florida is in police custody on Wednesday after detectives say she filmed two senior residents having sex without their knowledge or consent and shared the video with her followers on Snapchat in August. The victims, who haven’t been identified are an 81-year-old woman and a 59-year-old man. Authorities have identified…
FL: PBSO deputy pleads guilty to federal ID theft
Fox29 reports: After some hesitation and much confusion, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Deputy Frantz Felisma plead guilty to identity theft and device fraud in federal court Thursday. Federal investigators say Felisma used his department issued laptop, and his access to a law enforcement database, to steal personal information from at least 15 people. Felisma then…