The U. of Utah defendants were not the only hospital-breach defendants sentenced this week. Michelle Courtney Johnson, a former patient services coordinator at Johns Hopkins Hospital who was part of an ID theft ring with an employee of Crawford & Company was also sentenced this week. The Associated Press reports that Johnson was sentenced to…
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Follow-up: B.C. privacy czar to probe files breach
Rob Shaw and Lindsay Kines report: B.C.’s privacy commissioner has launched his own investigation into how sensitive information from 1,400 income-assistance clients ended up at the home of a government employee. Information and Privacy Commissioner David Loukidelis said he has tough questions for the provincial government, including how the employee, a government case worker, was…
Follow-up: FBI looking at UMC records leak
Marshall Allen of the Las Vegas Sun reports: The FBI said Friday it may investigate a breach of patient privacy laws at University Medical Center, where hospital officials are reeling with the realization that at least one of their employees has leaked confidential names, birth dates and Social Security numbers. UMC officials spent Friday determining…
Personal records of 1,400 residents found in B.C. government employee’s home
Lindsay Kines and Rob Shaw report: The British Columbia government is investigating a major security breach after police discovered the personal records of 1,400 income-assistance clients in the home of a government employee, the Victoria Times Colonist has learned. The records covered a period from December 2006 to April 2007 and included names, addresses, birth…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Clyde Austin Gray Jr., described as the ringleader of a nationwide identity theft ring that also victimized Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s wife, was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $1.4 million in restitution. More. Lori L. Barb was charged with ID theft…
TX: Former VP of First Service CU convicted for bank fraud, ID theft
A former Senior Vice President of Area Operations for First Service Credit Union in Houston has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $30,000 from his former employer, United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today. Christopher Allen, 41, of Houston, appeared before United States District Judge Sim Lake today and pleaded guilty to bank fraud and…