A March 15, 2011 indictment of twelve defendants charged for their parts in an identity theft and bank fraud scheme has been unsealed. Two of the defendants, who worked for HIPAA-covered entities in Florida, and have also been charged with HIPAA violations. According to the indictment, Erica Hall was employed by Dr. Linda Green in Coral…
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US Airways Pilots Express Outrage over Data Theft
A press release from the U.S. Airlines Pilots Association reminds us yet again how labor disputes may increase the risk of a privacy breach or data breach: The pilots of US Airways, represented by the US Airline Pilots Association (USAPA), today expressed their outrage at the airline’s acknowledgement that its management personnel aided in unauthorized…
(update) More EMU Students May Have Had IDs Stolen In Data Breach
CBS Detroit alerts us to an update on the Eastern Michigan University breach reported earlier this month. From EMU’s web site, an updated post today: March 31, 2011: to EMU Students: Students: Please Read This Message And Contact Us (734-487-1357) If You Believe You May Have Been a Victim of the Fraud Described Below. We…
Spoiled Rotten Day Spa Owner Arrested, Charged With Fraud
The former owner of Spoiled Rotten Day Spa in Aptos was arrested Friday after several clients reported several thousand dollars in fraudulent credit card charges paid to the spa appeared on their credit card statements. One victim reported that his credit card had been fraudulently used four times for a total of $9,600. Spa owner…
Former Wachovia Bank employee sentenced for ID theft scheme
Marisol Morales, 40, of Philadelphia, was sentenced on March 16 to two years and one day in prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft stemming from her role in a scheme that defrauded her employer, Wachovia Bank, of more than $300,000. Morales had pleaded guilty on May 11, 2009 to four counts of aggravated…
Bank detains customer after his account was used for N3m fraud
A news report from The Nation in Nigeria tells the sad tale of a customer of BankPHB in Nigeria and how he was the victim of rogue bank employees who used his bank account for fraudulent purposes. When the customer tried – repeatedly – to get his account sorted out with bank officials, he wound…