J. Scott Trubey reports: A Villa Rica woman who formerly worked for a bank will make an initial court appearance Wednesday on charges that she siphoned money out of customer accounts and stole identities to make fraudulent loans. Sherri Whitlock Hines, 40, was indicted last week in Carroll County Superior Court on five counts of…
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Another guilty plea in ID theft ring that used data stolen from Electronic Data Systems
More on a case mentioned previously: Melinda Clayton of Montgomery, Ala., pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to defraud the United States by filing false claims, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Clayton admitted that between January and April 2011, she conspired with others to…
Former Broward School District employee sentenced to 5 years for ID thefts
This is an update to a case previously mentioned on PHIprivacy.net. At the time, the emphasis of my coverage was on other members of the ID theft ring who worked in medical offices and stole patient information. NBC Miami provided more details on the school district aspect: Jasmin Rembert, a worker in the teacher certification…
Ex-officer sentenced in identity theft
Here’s a case where the misuse of a law enforcement database may have added to the sentencing. Matt Okamus provides a follow-up to a breach previously mentioned on this blog: A former Montgomery Police Department officer was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison with two years of supervised release Wednesday, according to U.S. Attorney…
California SEIU Hospital Benefits Clerk Sentenced for $1M+ Identity Theft
This seems to be my day for updating older cases. Carl Horowitz provides an update to a breach that was first disclosed in February 2009 but actually occurred in July 2007: Mia Camille Garza describes herself as “somebody who has fallen off the path.” Her victims understandably aren’t as charitable. Last Thursday, September 22, Garza,…
Admitted Countrywide data thief gets 8 months in prison (updated)
In a breach case that was first revealed in August 2008, a former Countrywide employee has been sentenced: A former employee of mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. was sentenced Tuesday to eight months in prison and ordered to repay $1.2 million after pleading guilty to downloading millions of borrower files on thumb drives and selling…