Ken Berry, J.D. writes: Who can you trust with sensitive personal information like your Social Security number (SSN) and tax return data? Evidently, not even the people who used to work at the IRS. In a new case, a former IRS employee was sentenced on August 26 to two years in prison in connection with…
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Fmr. Miami Dade College Employee Sentenced In ID Theft Case
Giovanna Maselli reports: A federal judge sentenced a former Miami Dade College employee in connection to an identity tax fraud scheme in South Florida. A judge sentenced Michelson Jeancy, 35, of Miami to 36 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud. FBI officials said he worked at the college as…
Ca: Hospital clerk pleads guilty to stealing, selling patient records
An update from Marco Chown Oved on the Rouge Valley Hospital insider breach reported last year: A former Rouge Valley Hospital clerk has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of patient records and selling them to financial brokers over the course of more than a decade. Shaida Bandali, 61, who worked at Rouge Valley from 1995-2014,…
Duty of confidentiality trumps your desire to defend your reputation
Remember when Prime Healthcare and Shasta Regional Medical Center were fined by federal and state agencies for breaching patient privacy? They had willfully disclosed patient details to the media after the media had reported the patient’s complaint about them. At the time, I noted that just because a patient discloses information, that does not give the covered entity the…
PA: Two York County Court clerks leak police information to suspects
Taniel Orr reports: Two employees in a York District Judge’s office have been let go after officials say they gave out sensitive information, which included a police officer’s work schedule, to suspects. According to charging documents, Solmaria Martinez-Arce, 31, also known as “Beba,” and Brittany Koons, 29, both of York, were desk clerks in Magistrate…
Ca: 900 patients affected by Saskatchewan’s Heartland Health Region privacy breach
The Star Phoenix reports: An employee has been terminated and roughly 900 patients are being notified following a privacy breach in Saskatchewan’s Heartland Health Region. According to a news release issued Thursday, a “detailed inquiry” was launched after the breach was reported in July. It found one employee inappropriately accessed personal health information of patients…