Two former employees of UK mobile operator T-Mobile who illegally stole and sold select customer data from the company in 2008 have today been ordered to pay a total of £73,700 in fines and confiscation costs as part of a hearing at Chester Crown Court. David Turley and Darren Hames pleaded guilty to offences under…
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NC: Stolen court documents traded for drugs, sheriff says
Matthew Hensley reports: Investigators on Wednesday recovered a cache of illegally obtained court documents that they believe were traded for drugs. They charged three people after a nearly week-long investigation. According to Lt. Becky Weatherman of the Burke County Sheriff’s Office, Eric Lee Hubbard, a night custodian who cleaned in the district attorney’s office at…
Former Central Valley restaurateurs accused of credit card fraud
A husband and wife who owned a short-lived restaurant in Bakersfield have been indicted by a Fresno federal grand jury. Alia Christine Brost, 35, and Roberto Renteria Jr., 33, of Bakersfield, are accused in a 29-count indictment with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and access device (credit card) fraud. According to the indictment,…
MN: Three sentenced for stealing identities, obtaining more than $150,000 from victims
Last Friday in federal court, a 34-year-old Maplewood woman was sentenced for her role in a scheme that was using the names and personal identification information of others on fraudulent checks resulting in a total attempted loss of more than $300,000. United States District Court Judge David S. Doty sentenced Nou Thao to time already…
AZ: Casa Grande court clerk hid, took home records
Yesterday I updated a breach report on phiprivacy.net where a hospital employee had taken records home… and taken records home… and taken records home. According to hospital investigators, there was no indication that she used them criminally or intended to use them criminally, but the incident points out how many paper records may just “wander”…
NC: Wake Forest Baptist medical records found in rental home owned by employee
Richard Craver reports: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center said Wednesday that it has fired an employee who had boxes of medical records and documents in a home she owns. Wake Forest Baptist, in a statement, did not identify the employee. According to Forsyth County tax records, the home is owned by Linda-Carolyn Bowden Turner, who could not be…