In the justice system: Eric Christopher Thorsen was sentenced to five years in prison for a scheme in which he and Amy Ruth Bergquist advertised for sex partners on Craigslist in order to steal their identities. Berquist was previously sentenced to prison for her part. More. Laura Althouse, formerly employed at an Iowa slaughterhouse where…
Category: Theft
NC: Thief Snatches Computer With Personal Info From Charity
WSOCTV reports that a burglar who broke into East Burke Christian Ministries stole a computer containing personal information and Social Security numbers of more than 1,000 people who sought help from the ministry.
UK: Stolen laptops held details of 10,000
Amanda Crook of The Manchester Evening News reports that the paper learned of two more breaches involving NHS by using Freedom of Information requests: Two laptops containing patient data were stolen during break-ins at The Christie. The laptops contained names, hospital numbers, some addresses and test results. A computer with the names, addresses, dates of…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: As a follow-up to a breach covered on PogoWasRight.org last year, Anthony Wood, 45, a/k/a Anthony Bickerstaff, was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay $67,292 in restitution for using stolen personal information of customers at Commerce Bank in Mount Laurel. Co-defendants Jennifer Mullner, a former loan services…
(Follow-up) Stolen Peninsula Orthopaedic backup tapes contained some financial info
When backup tapes containing patient information on patients of Peninsula Orthopaedic Associates were stolen while in transit, the practice notified approximately 100,000 patients. Now, Earl Holland reports that the group subsequently discovered that the stolen backup tape also contained credit or debit card information on up to 400 patients. Peninsula Orthopaedic Associates has sent an…
United Food and Commercial Workers International employee data on stolen laptop
A laptop stolen from a United Food and Commercial Workers International (“UFCW”) office on March 10 contained personal information of UFCW members, former members, and retirees including names and addresses, Social Security numbers, phone numbers, birth dates, and e-mail addresses, but no financial information, according to a notification (pdf) filed by their lawyers with the…