Andy Cerota reports: A government contractor in Houston who was supposed to be signing people up for Obamacare stole personal information from at least 17 people around the country. Kenneth Bacon, who worked in a Houston call center, is accused of taking down the names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers that enrollees gave…
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FL: Patients’ information at risk following security breach at health centers
WFTV reports: The personal information of dozens of patients could be at risk following a security breach at a central Florida hospital group. A former patient contacted Channel 9 after she received a letter saying her personal information may have been stolen. The woman, who didn’t want to be identified, said she was a patient…
NY: Montefiore Health System employee stole 12,517 patients’ information
From their web site: Montefiore Health System is notifying certain patients about a security incident involving information that was stolen by a former employee. The employee compromised the information of 12,517 patients, which included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, next of kin information, and health insurance details. The theft occurred between January 2013…
Newark police captain charged in data theft suspended without pay, officials say
Vernal Coleman reports: The Newark police captain arrested Tuesday in connection with an alleged data theft scheme has been suspended, Newark Police Department spokesman Sergeant Ronald Glover confirmed. Captain Anthony Buono, 60, of Millstone, was upon his arrest immediately suspended from active duty without pay pending the outcome of the investigation and trial, Glover said. Read more…
Georgia Man Pleads Guilty To Filing 62 Fraudulent Tax Returns
Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced that Bryant T. Johnson, aged 26, of Albany, Georgia entered a guilty plea to one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft on June 17, 2015 before the Honorable W. Louis Sands, Senior U. S. District Court Judge,…
Breach of patient records investigated by UC Irvine Medical Center
Statement from UC Irvine Medical Center: June 17, 2015 On March 13, 2015, officials at UC Irvine Medical Center discovered that an employee, whose job required access to some patient records, had looked at additional records without a job-related purpose between June 2011 and March 2015. As far as it is possible to determine, the…