Here’s the latest on a case previously noted on this site. Teresa Auch Schultz reports: A Chicago woman claims her boss used her Gary business to help run an identity theft ring that stole information from clients at a medical center. Montrease Young detailed her own role in the theft, as well as the role…
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TX: ID Theft Conspiracy Leader Sentenced To 16 Years In Federal Prison And Ordered To Pay $88,131 In Restitution
There’s a follow-up to a case first reported on this site in November 2011. A Cedar Hill, Texas man, who was convicted at trial on various federal felony offenses stemming from an identity (ID) theft conspiracy he ran in the metroplex from October 2009 to July 2013, was sentenced today, announced Acting U.S. Attorney John…
GA: Taco Bell Employee Stole Identities While Working Drive-Thru Window
Kristal Dixon reports: An employee at a fast food restaurant is accused of stealing customers’ financial information to make unauthorized purchases. Roswell police have arrested and charged Rosetta Louise Brinson with two counts of identity fraud, obstruction of a law enforcement officer and two counts of computer theft. Fulton County Jail records show Brinson was…
Benesse Holdings discloses yet another customer information data leak
Kyodo News reports more data leak woes for Benesse Holdings. The correspondence education provider is still dealing with the fallout from a data theft last June that affected 28.95 million customers when a systems engineer working for an affiliate, Synform, downloaded personal information, including children’s names, addresses and birth dates, onto his smartphone. In September, the government…
MS: Gulfport woman accused in identity theft of hospice patient
There needs to be a special place in Hell for those who take advantage of the seriously ill or disabled. I don’t know if the accused did what she’s accused of, but whoever did should pay dearly for creating stress for a dying woman. Robin Fitzgerald reports: A Gulfport woman is accused of using a…
Grace Hospital pharmacist ‘inappropriately accessed’ health information – Winnipeg Health Region
From the Winnipeg Health Region, this press statement: Proactive audit identifies patient information accessed inappropriately A proactive audit by the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) has identified the personal health information of at least 56 individuals was inappropriately accessed by an employee who at the time was working within the Region. Following an investigation of…