Matt Elofson reports: A former Dothan police officer faces more identity theft charges after his recent arrest by Dothan police investigators. Dothan Police Investigator Erik Broten confirmed police officers arrested Charles Thomas Simmer, 28, of Coffee Springs, over the weekend and charged him with two felony counts of identity theft. Dothan police investigators arrested Simmer…
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Poonam Dasgupta’s husband files data theft case against former employee
The Mumbai Mirror reports: Naveen Luthra, the husband of Bollywood actor Poonam Dasgupta and director of a mineral water plant, has filed a case of data theft against a former employee. Luthra alleged that before leaving his organisation, Santosh Kale stole data and shared it with an employee of a rival brand. The complaint was…
Hospital investigating leak of Jason Pierre-Paul’s medical information
More on a privacy breach previously noted on this blog. Henry McKenna reports: The hospital treating Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul has begun searching for the cause of a data breach, which allowed ESPN reporter Adam Schefter to share Pierre-Paul’s medical records on Twitter on Wednesday. The documents showed Pierre-Paul was scheduled for a right…
OH: Elyria hospital patients’ records improperly accessed by worker
Brad Dicken reports: The personal and medical information on nearly 300 patients at University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center was improperly accessed by a now-fired hospital employee. Hospital spokeswoman Alicia Reale said Thursday that an internal investigation was launched May 13 after it was discovered that an employee had accessed the hospital’s electronic medical record system…
Owner of Louisiana Automotive Businesses Pleads Guilty for Role in Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme
A resident of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, and the owner of two automotive businesses pleaded guilty today for his involvement in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite Jr. of the Eastern District of Louisiana. Martin Jackson…
CA: Prison Tax Fraud Ringleader Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Edwin Ludwig IV, 34, currently an inmate in an Oklahoma state prison, was sentenced today to seven years in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States and for filing false claims for federal tax refunds, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Ludwig was ordered to pay over $219,000 in restitution….