Ten people have been indicted by a federal grand jury in West Palm Beach. The indictment, which was unsealed today, is the the ninth installment of “Operation Felony Lane,” an ongoing investigation aimed at systematically dismantling large identity theft rings operating in the tri-county area. Charged in today’s 21-count Indictment are defendants Janice Coachman, Latoya…
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NV: UMC has patient privacy leak
Marshall Allen reports: Private information about accident victims treated at University Medical Center has apparently been leaking for months, the Sun has learned, allegedly so ambulance-chasing attorneys could mine for clients. Sources say someone at UMC is selling a compilation of the hospital’s daily registration forms for accident patients. This is confidential information — including…
Former GEXA employee pleads guilty to computer intrusion
A former database administrator for GEXA Energy has been convicted following his guilty plea to intruding into his former employer’s computer database system. The conviction of Steven Jinwoo Kim, 40, was announced yesterday by United States Attorney Tim Johnson. At a hearing before U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore, Kim admitted to recklessly causing damage to…
T-Mobile UK customer data sold
As an update to a report filed earlier today, Marc Chacksfield of TechRadar reports that it is T-Mobile at the heart of the data-selling scandal. The company released a statement: “T-Mobile takes the protection of customer information seriously. When it became apparent that contract renewal information was being passed on to third parties without our…
AZ: Former Quebedeaux employee sentenced for fraud and identity theft
Leasa Conze reports: A former Quebedeaux Pontiac employee was sentenced today to five years in prison after pleading guilty to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. John Savage III,from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, moved to Tucson In October 2007 and took a job with the local dealership, where he had access to customer credit cards. Read…
Resort worker sentenced for ID theft
Carl Hessler Jr. reports: A man who worked at a Florida resort received a time-served jail sentence for stealing the identities of more than 100 vacationers, including some from Collegeville and West Norriton, and using the credit card information to pay for his own trips. Carlos Raynard Roberts, 22, who worked as a booking agent…