United States Attorney Gregory A. Haanstad of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced Tuesday that Michael Hanan, 35, of Sussex, Wisconsin was sentenced to 4 years’ imprisonment and 3 years supervised release for identity theft and credit card fraud. In September of 2016, Hanan pleaded guilty to one count of access-device fraud, in violation of 18…
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Regina-area physician guilty of unprofessional conduct for record snooping
The Canadian Press reports: A Regina-area physician has been reprimanded for accessing the personal health information of 19 people without their consent. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan has found Dr. Serhii Haidash guilty of unprofessional conduct. Along with the reprimand, the college says he must pay $2,400 and take confidentiality retraining. Read…
CRA spends millions but fails to stop tax workers from snooping on Canadians, documents show
Dean Beeby reports: Canada Revenue Agency workers continue to snoop on the confidential tax files of businesses, acquaintances and others, despite at least $10.5 million spent so far to try to stop them. CBC News has uncovered nine significant cases reported since Jan. 1 in which tax workers improperly poked around the government’s electronic records to…
Kanye West Hospital Records Breached, May Lead To UCLA Medical Center Firings
Shari Weiss reports: … It’s said that over the course of his stay, an unknown number of staffers tried to gain illegal access to West’s electronic medical records. Of course, like with every patient, they were to be protected by HIPAA, a law that mandates private health information only be shared with those who have been…
CT: 3 arrested in fraud scheme that allegedly used veterans’ information
Fox61 reports: STAFFORD SPRINGS — Exactly nine months after police began investigating the possibility that a local company was committing fraud and larceny, three people have been arrested. […] It was determined that the employees of Shark Cycle were stealing the personal information — names, birthday and social security numbers — of customers who were veterans. They…
In: Ex-staffers of private firm booked for data theft
TNN reports: A city-based customer care firm has alleged that two of its former employees stole sensitive information while employed by them, and used it to start a rival customer care firm in Dehradun. In a complaint filed at Udyog Vihar police station on Saturday, Manoj Pandey, senior vice-president of Quatrro Global Services, said the accused, Pramod Mamgain and Vikas…