Ed Treleven reports: A former Veterans Hospital lab worker used information stolen from VA records, from mail stolen from her neighbors and information purchased on the Internet to obtain credit cards and access other people’s checking accounts, according to criminal charges filed this week. Elizabeth Feng, 23, of Madison, was charged Thursday with 17 counts…
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MO: Former Programmer Pleads Guilty to Stealing Software Code from Federal Reserve Bank
Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former software programmer for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City pleaded guilty in federal court today to stealing software code. Hamid Reza Tahmasebi, 54, of Leawood, Kan., waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. District…
Miami Resident Sentenced In Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme Involving Medical Patients’ Personal Identifying Information
There’s a follow-up to a breach previously reported on PHIprivacy.net. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida reports that Kenol Augustin, 36, was sentenced to 16 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay joint and several restitution of $57,000, for his role in the tax refund…
Jury rules in favor of Sonoma County employee in privacy case
This is a follow-up to a case noted previously on this blog. Paul Payne reports: Jurors on Thursday found a Santa Rosa man was not entitled to monetary damages from a neighbor he claimed used her position as a Sonoma County social worker to pry into his confidential files and embarrass him. The panel deliberated about a day…
San Francisco General Hospital notifies 2,500 patients that doctor removed copies of their records from the hospital
I had noted this breach on PHIprivacy.net, but since there’s an update today, I’ll repeat the original information here. On March 6, Erin Allday reported that a former UCSF doctor who was employed at San Francisco General Hospital from 2005 to 2013 had wrongfully removed copies of patient records from the medical center. Allday reported:…
TN: Former bank employee charged with stealing customer identities
George Brown reports: A former Regions Bank employee is due in court today in connection with an identity theft ring. Investigators say Kimbriuna Dyer used her job to access information. Read more on WREG.