For reasons I can’t begin to fathom, this one was sitting in ‘drafts’ and never got posted. Oops. AP reports: Providence Health & Services in Oregon is notifying about 5,400 current and former patients that a former employee may have improperly accessed their patient records. Providence said in a statement Friday that it learned of…
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Postal employee charged with theft of thousands of credit cards
And then sometimes, it’s still just low-tech old-fashioned theft: A former U.S. Postal Service employee appeared in federal court earlier this month after agreeing to plead guilty to stealing and selling thousands of credit cards from the mail, the Justice Department said. The 48-year-old California man, who had worked for USPS for more than 20…
Loan Company Employee Sentenced for Stolen Identity Tax Fraud
Rashad Snellreports: A Montgomery County resident was sentenced to 48 months in prison for her role in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. of the Middle District of Alabama, and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. Wendy Huff, 32, admitted that between…
Appeals court won’t let journalist convicted in hacking case stay out of jail pending appeal
Josh Gerstein reports: A federal appeals court has denied a last-ditch reprieve for a journalist sentenced to two years in prison after being convicted in a hacking case. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order Thursday denying former Reuters social media editor Matthew Keys’ plea to remain free while he appeals his convictions….
MO: Alleged identity thieves target local car dealership customers
Russell Kinsaul reports: Police say three suspects are indicted for running an in-depth identity theft ring that racked up thousands in fraudulent purchases after stealing customer’s personal information from a local car dealership. […] Jesse Chitwood, 34, Jessica Franklin, 37, and John Townsend, 35, were charged in a federal indictment on multiple counts of identity…
Ca: Police clerk charged for Breach of Trust
Ebyan Abdigir reports: A Toronto Police civilian employee of three years has been charged with two counts of breach of trust. It is alleged that Erin Maranan, 28, of Thornhill snooped through unauthorized queries of the police database for searches not for official police business. Maranan allegedly committed these crimes in February 2014 and September…