Erica Blake reports: As part of their employment with various Toledo-area businesses, Robert L. Taylor, Adam R. Shank, and Dominique L. Lawson had access to clients’ names, birthdates, and Social Security numbers, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. But instead of keeping the information confidential, the three allegedly sold the identities – more than 125 of…
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UT Southwestern employee accused of selling patient information
Shon Gables reports: Authorities arrested an employee at UT [University of Texas] Southwestern Medical Center after she allegedly stole patent information and possibly their identities. Hundreds of patients’ personal information – including birth dates, addresses, phone numbers and financial data – was stolen before Tracy Renay Thomas’ arrest and termination, police said. Thomas is accused…
La Mesa Tax Preparer Guilty of Fraud and ID Theft
A La Mesa tax preparer was convicted Thursday of 32 felony counts related to his business, including identity theft and tax, Social Security and Medi-Cal fraud. Saleh Mahmoud Zahran, 50, was found guilty by a jury of the charges following a two-week trial in U.S. District Court in San Diego. His wife, 35- year-old Maysa…
(follow-up) Can he claim incompetent counsel?
Brett Matteson Jr., who represented himself when he was on trial for ID theft, was sentenced today to 37 years and 8 months in prison. He had been convicted of 48 counts of identity theft, 48 counts of unlawfully getting credit-card information and nine counts of making fake driver’s licenses. Matteson allegedly took advantage of…
ER worker accused of stealing dying man’s credit cards
This is not the first time we’ve heard about hospital workers stealing dying patients’ credit cards or information, but it is nonetheless distressing. Candice Ferrette reports on a case at Westchester Medical Center in NY, where a patient care technician in the emergency room has been accused of stealing credit cards from a dying plane…
Woman charged with stealing patients’ identities
Chuck Weber reports: Detectives have arrested a West Palm Beach-area woman, accusing her of stealing personal information of diabetes patients. Tuesday Palm Beach County Sheriff’s detectives arrested 35-year old Erika Morales, and served a search warrant at her home. Detective Bill Griffin said Morales stole identities of clients of the medical supply company, Diabetes Direct…