Tampa Bay Times reports an update to a previously noted case: A former state correctional officer from Tampa has been sentenced to federal prison for more than four years for stealing the identity of inmates to file fraudulent tax returns. Jerry St. Fleur, 26, was given four years and three months in prison for wire…
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Two Canadian doctors charged with misusing patient information
Terrence McEachern reports: The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan (CPSS) has laid charges against two Regina doctors for allegedly using patient contact information improperly without consent. The matters involving Dr. Lanishen Bhagaloo and Dr. Nivas Juggernath of Gateway Alliance Medical will either go to a penalty hearing if the accused admit to the…
NC: 2 charged with ID theft
WCNC reports: Police arrested a man and woman accused of identity theft in the Charlotte area. CMPD charged Brent Caltagirone and Karima Lane with identity theft and conspiracy to commit identity theft and trafficking in stolen IDs on September 26. Detectives determined through an investigation that Caltagirone was given the names and social security numbers…
Former Weber State U. student pleads guilty in computer security breach
An update to a previously noted breach. Michael Anderson Kruse reports: Former Weber State University student Joseph Langford pleaded guilty to burglary on Tuesday morning. The Weber County attorneys charged Langford in connection with a theft and security breach in the WSU College of Science in April. Judge Scott Hadley set the sentencing date for…
Yet More IRS Employees Busted for Stealing Taxpayers’ Identities
J.D. Tuccille writes: It’s hard to keep up with the privacy-threatening shenanigans at the Internal Revenue Service, but let’s give it a try. Just days after revealing that the tax agency’s failure to follow its own rules put the private data of 1.4 million people at risk, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration publicized the…
UK: Ardrossan cop breaches Data Protection Act but avoids prosecution
The Ardrossan Herald reports: A local police officer has been found to be in breach of the Data Protection Act after a dispute between neighbours, it emerged this week. But John Gribben, of Ardrossan, will not be prosecuted in court after it was found he had unlawfully accessed information using police computer systems. The 44-year-old…