Two men, including a former military reservist who stole the identities of fellow soldiers while stationed overseas, pleaded no contest today for their involvement in an identity theft scam totaling more than $215,000 in losses, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Warren Kato of the High Tech Crime Division said…
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IE: Alan Shatter begins appeal over Data Commissioner finding
RTÉ News reports: Former Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has begun an appeal against a decision of the Data Protection Commissioner that he breached the Data Protection Act. The Commissioner found Mr Shatter breached the act by disclosing information about Independent TD Mick Wallace on RTÉ’s Prime Time programme last year. Lawyers for the former…
MD: IRS employee not guilty of inadvertent disclosures
There’s an update on a breach first disclosed in March that involved an IRS employee who took data with home and uploaded it to his unsecured home network, where it was discovered by a security firm. It seems that the employee had subsequently been charged criminally in the breach, but has been found not guilty. Jim McElhatton…
MN: Data breach suspected at Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office
Sarah Stultz reports: Freeborn County administration is investigating a suspected data breach within law enforcement, according to Administrator John Kluever. He said he and other information technology staff are looking into the possibility that someone was unnecessarily viewing open investigation files and disseminating parts of those files in the public. He declined to comment on…
Chinese engineer to plead guilty in theft of GE Healthcare trade secrets
Bruce Vielmetti reports: A Chinese engineer charged with stealing trade secrets and confidential information from a GE Healthcare subsidiary in Waukesha has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Jun Xie, 41, will plead guilty to one count of stealing trade secrets, according to federal court records. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years…
Another Defendant Sentenced In Identity Theft Fraud Scheme Involving Personal Identifying Information From AT&T Customer Files
Tracy Delva, 22, of Deerfield Beach, has been sentenced to 37 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $27,441 in restitution. Delva previously pled guilty to one count of access device fraud, and one count of aggravated identity theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code,…