From the California Department of Public Health press release of June 24, 2011: Date: 6/24/2011 Number: 11-028 Contact: Al Lundeen (916) 440-7259 SACRAMENTO A California Department of Public Health (CDPH) investigation has found that personal and workers’ compensation information of approximately 9,000 current and former state employees was improperly copied to a private hard-drive and…
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Seattle man sentenced to 5 yrs in bank fraud/id theft case
This is a follow-up on a previously reported breach: DIAMOND WENDELL ALEXANDER, JR., 30, of Seattle, Washington, was sentenced June 17, 2011, to five years in prison, five years of supervised release, and more than $220,000 in restitution for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. ALEXANDER was the leader of a bank fraud ring…
AZ: Lending Company security breach may be inside job
Melissa Ziedy reports: Investigators now believe the security breach at major Phoenix mortgage company could be an inside job. A police report obtained by CBS 5 News details how last month officials at the Lending Company in north Phoenix contacted detectives. One of its managers had reported seeing a computer transferring customer’s personal information to…
Boulder Community Hospital involved in nurse ID theft case
Add Boulder Community Hospital to the Colorado hospitals whose patients had their information acquired and misused by a contract nurse. Jeffrey Wolf reports: The 9Wants to Know investigators have learned Cannon Tubb is also accused of rifling through patient records at Boulder Community Hospital. Tubb is awaiting extradition from Texas to face a 90-count felony…
CO: Nurse accused of stealing identities of hospital patients
Kyle Clark reports: A nurse who worked at five or more hospitals in the Denver area faces 90 felony charges in a wide-ranging identity theft investigation, 9Wants to Know investigators have learned. Prosecutors suspect a registered nurse working at several hospitals through a nurse staffing agencies improperly accessed patient files to steal Social Security numbers…
FL: Jackson Memorial Hospital employee accessed 1800 patients’ financial information
WSVN reports: Officials are investigating a South Florida hospital after personal patient information was accessed. Personal information from 1,800 patients were inappropriately accessed by employees at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Those patients whose personal information was accessed have been notified and offered free credit card fraud protection. JMH said they took quick action to address the…