Dwaipayan Ghosh reports: Kolkata: A BTech engineer working in a Sector V firm was arrested by the Bidhannagar cyber fraud wing for allegedly cheating on the US-based clients of another city-based IT company of lakhs. The accused — Akhilesh Shaw (31) — is a resident of Golpark’s Panchanantala and was arrested last Friday. The modus operandi…
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Monsanto Says Worker Stole Data
Jacob Bunge reports: Monsanto Co. sued a former computer programmer, alleging he stole proprietary files after resigning to explore a job at a Chinese seed company. The lawsuit comes as the agriculture industry’s embrace of high-tech software and analytics, led by big companies like Monsanto and Deere & Co. as well as startups, has opened…
NJ financial advisor admits identity theft that cost clients $500k
Sergio Bichao reports: A Middletown financial advisor accused of bilking nearly 20 clients out of a half million dollars has pleaded guilty to the charges against him. Christopher D. Biello [aka Christopher Sherman], 43, is facing as many as 14 years in prison when he is sentenced Nov. 4, and may be ordered to pay…
Ca: 397 medical records snooped at Hamilton General Hospital
Joanna Frketich reports on yet another snooping out of curiosity case: An employee snooped into the medical records of 397 patients at Hamilton General Hospital. The staff member was fired after an investigation by Hamilton Health Sciences concluded the privacy of emergency room patients was breached from June 2015 to May 2016. Read more on…
Military families victimized by a McDonald’s employee taking orders
Margaret Kavanagh reports: Purchasing some fast food turned into a big problem for some people in Norfolk. Right now a former McDonald’s employee is facing 5 felony charges, accused of skimming credit cards from customers. Police said the vast majority of victims are either in the military or related to someone in the military because…
Two central Ohio men accused of stealing information from state
Jim Woods reports: A former state employee from Dublin and a private contractor from Hilliard were indicted Thursday on federal charges accusing them of a fraudulent scheme that involved stealing a computer software program from the state of Ohio. Jatinder Singh, 42, of Dublin, and Anju Vallabhaneni, 49, of Hilliard, were indicted on federal charges of wire fraud, conspiracy and destruction of records. The offenses…