David Giles reports that Ronald Kruzeniski, Saskatchewan’s information and privacy commissioner (IPC) and the Saskatoon Health Region Authority (SHRA) are at odds over whether disciplinary action taken against a snooping employee should be disclosed. The dispute arose in the context of an employee who snooped on her own records and five others’ records without a need-to-know. In…
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Former correctional officer sentenced to prison for stealing identities of Troy jail inmates
Erin Edgemon reports: A former correctional officer at the Troy Police Department City Jail was sentenced to 32 months in prison for his involvement in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme. Devon Tucker, 31, pleaded guilty earlier this year to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and one count of aggravated…
IL: Batavia Container sues former employee for trade secrets theft
Eric Schelkopf reports that Batavia Container Inc. has sued a former employee, Robert M. Dunn. The suit alleges he stole company secrets before he left to work for a competitor, Victory Packaging, and that his employment with Victory Packaging was in violation of the provisions of a noncompete agreement. Read more on MySuburbanLife.com. In related coverage on The Daily Herald,…
Athletics roiled by mass doping allegations after blood test leak
Karolos Grohmann reports: Endurance runners suspected of doping have been winning a third of Olympic and world championship medals, two news organizations said on Sunday, after a leak of thousands of blood test results from 2001-2012 threw global athletics into chaos. Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper and Germany’s ARD/WDR broadcaster said they had obtained the secret…
Four Sentenced For Filing Over 1100 Fraudulent Tax Returns In South Georgia
Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that the three following defendants were sentenced on July 27, 2015 in United States District Court by the Honorable W. Louis Sands, Senior U.S. District Court Judge. Patrice Taylor, age 34, of Ashburn, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 84 months in prison…
NY: Restaurant server accused of stealing customers’ credit card info
WNYT reports: A restaurant server is accused of stealing the credit card numbers of customers, then using it to buy things for herself. Molly Dutrow, 20, now faces forgery and identity theft charges. All of the alleged thefts happened during the first two weeks of July. Police say Dutrow was working at Lillian’s Restaurant in…