There’s an update to a case noted previously on this site. Emily Lane reports that Shanta Barnes pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to charges of health care fraud and aggravated identity theft. The scheme, according U.S. Attorney Walt Green’s office, started in June 2009, at the latest, and lasted less than a year at the facility…
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Former Tesla employee charged with hacking ex-boss’ computer
Kale Williams reports: A former Tesla employee has been indicted on charges of felony computer hacking after a federal investigation found he allegedly broke into his boss’ computer and posted employee evaluations on the Internet, officials said Thursday. Nima Kalbasi, a 28-year-old Canadian, was arrested Aug. 24 as he tried to cross the border from…
Ooredoo data breach brings legal action
Catherine Trautwein reports: An Ooredoo Myanmar employee that gave out a customer’s call log has been fired, with the company still pursuing legal action through Mandalay police. The June breach involves an Ooredoo customer in Yangon, her male business associate, an intermediary contact and the former Ooredoo Myanmar employee. The Mandalay office employee passed the…
Former Cambridgeshire detective sentenced for theft and Data Protection Act breach
The Peterborough Telegraph reports that a former Cambridgeshire police officer has been sentenced after pleading guilty to theft and computer misuse. Matt Bailey, 50, who retired earlier this year, was given a 16-month jail sentence, suspended for two years, at Lincoln Crown Court today (September 2). Bailey, formerly a detective constable based at Ely Police Station,…
NZ: Teacher at top school admits fraud
Edward Gay reports: A former teacher at one of Auckland’s top schools has admitted using the identity of his colleagues, as well as a missing man, to get credit cards in their names and rack up thousands in debt. Rafe Callum Fannin, 36, who taught at Auckland Grammar, appeared at the Auckland District Court yesterday…
Former IT Manager at Smart Online Inc. Pleads Guilty to Sending Damaging Computer Code to Former Company’s Servers
A former information technology manager pleaded guilty yesterday to sending damaging computer code to servers at his former employer, a software company. Nikhil Nilesh Shah, 33, of Union, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert T. Numbers II of the Eastern District of North Carolina, to one felony count of causing the transmission of…