C. Johnson reports: A benefits clerk, who was busted while about to undergo liposuction surgery using fraudulently-obtained credit card information from one of her victims, has pleaded no contest to identity theft. The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office says Mia Garza, 31, was accused of stealing personal identification information from more than 400 Kaiser Permanente…
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PA: Former TD Bank worker indicted in fraud scheme that included county branches
Jeannie O’Sullivan reports: A federal grand jury has indicted a former TD Bank employee for her alleged role in a scheme involving fraudulent withdrawals totaling nearly $70,000 from branches in Burlington and Camden counties between October and February. Jennell Digby, 27, of Philadelphia, was charged with conspiracy, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, according to…
Former JPMorgan Chase Banker Pleads Guilty to ID Theft
The press release from Manhattan District Attorney Vance: Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the guilty plea of HAO “HOWIE” WANG, 28, for stealing more than $1.1 million from JPMorgan Chase & Co. (“JPMC”) and stealing the identities of four victims. WANG pled guilty to Grand Larceny in the First Degree, Identity…
IN: Parents worried about info breach at college savings program
WTHR reports: … Outside one of the nation’s largest student loan servicing centers is a warning: someone’s watching. But it’s the inside job David Miller is concerned about. He just learned the 529 College Savings accounts for his 16-year-old son Zach and 13-year-old son Noah were breached. The suspect is an employee at another Sallie…
A rotten Apple employee arrested; accessed customer data
Well, here’s something I don’t usually see – a breach notification from Apple. On June 16, Apple informed the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a former employee had accessed customer data of customers while employed at one of Apple’s retail stores. The store’s location was not provided. The total number of customers whose data…
(Update) UPMC Shadyside Hospital employee pleads guilty to HIPAA violation
As a follow-up to a breach previously reported involving an employee of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Shadyside Hospital, multiple media sources are reporting that the employee pleaded guilty last week to to taking the names, social security numbers and birth dates of 19 patients there. Read more in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The U.S. Attorney’s…