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…
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JM: Computer technician in billion-dollar tax theft returns to court today
The Jamaica Observer reports: Christopher Moore, the former Tax Administration Jamaica employee, who reportedly caused the Government to lose in excess of $1 billion in tax revenues, will again appear in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court today. Allegations are that, between October and December 2013, Moore gained access to the main taxing system for…
UK: Three Aberdeen council workers sacked for breaching data protection rules
David Ewen reports: Three Aberdeen council workers have been sacked for accessing private information about people, the Evening Express can reveal today. The former employees of Aberdeen City Council got their marching orders after breaching the Data Protection Act. A further nine members of staff were reprimanded for misconduct, which included leaking information from a…
Ex-wife of former Pacific Grove police commander sentenced to prison for identity theft, fraud
Ana Ceballas reports: Kristin Nyunt, the ex-wife of a former Pacific Grove police commander, was sentenced to eight years and four months in prison Tuesday for fraud, identity theft and several other charges. Upon reviewing “tens of thousands of emails and text messages” and financial documents, the FBI and the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office…
LA: IberiaBank accuses former executives of stealing sensitive data
Billy Gunn reports: IberiaBank Corp. is accusing two former executives of a bank it purchased this year of stealing customer and business information and giving the sensitive data to JD Bank, a Jennings-based business rival formerly known as Jeff Davis Bank & Trust. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Lafayette, IberiaBank claims…
FL: Tax refund fraud scheme involved two insiders misusing databases
WTXL reports that five people have been indicted in a tax refund fraud scheme that included two employees misusing their access to databases. One of those indicted, Katrina Pratt, had been an administrative assistant in human resources at Florida A & M University (FAMU), and allegedly used the identities of 40 students there as part…