Paula McMahon and Adam Sacasa report: A Palm Beach sheriff’s deputy faces identity theft and fraud charges for abusing his access to a law enforcement database to steal people’s personal information, authorities said Thursday. Another man arrested in the same case told investigators that he agreed to pay Deputy Frantz Felisma $10,000 a month in…
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Fairbanks Hospital notifies patients after discovering employees could have been inappropriately accessing patient records for years (UPDATED)
Fairbanks Hospital in Indianapolis is notifying an undisclosed number of patients that employees could have been accessing protected health information of patients since at least November 2013 (and possibly earlier). The information that was accessed included current and former patients’ social security numbers, contact information, diagnosis, treatment and health insurance. In a notification dated December 16, the hospital…
WI: Former Forest Service Employee Sentenced in Federal Court for Identity Theft and Credit Card Fraud
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…
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…