In the justice system: Former Army finance technician Reynaldo Jimenez pleaded guilty to charges arising out of his theft of identity information belonging to over 35 active duty United States military service members. More. Vickie Parks Sheppard pleaded guilty to conspiracy to fraudulently obtain identity and financial information from more than 50 victims by posing…
Category: Theft
CA: Marian Medical Center patients’ personal information may be compromised
Amber Lee of KSBY reports that 3,200 ER and Urgent Care Center patients of Marian Medical Center in Santa Maria have been notified that a Blackberry containing patient information was stolen from the hospital. “On that Blackberry was an email, you know, one of our emails, and on one of the emails was buried a…
UK: Laptop with patient details taken
The BBC reports that NHS Grampian has confirmed that a laptop containing names and addresses, dates of birth, and coded clinical information of 1,392 patients has been stolen from Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. The laptop was stolen from a locked office cupboard sometime between the evening of April 15 and the next morning. According to a…
Ore. ID thief gets 13 years prison
I usually cover arrests and convictions in Bits ‘n Pieces entries, but an Associated Press story on the sentencing of Stephen Rowell for mail/identity theft has some unusual details, apparently including the fact that Rowell has written songs about the fun of being an ID thief. Rowell was sentenced to 13 years in prison, and…
Largo marketing firm pays $350,000, settles complaints by Florida attorney general
Lorri Helfand of St. Petersburg Times reports: A Largo area marketing firm has agreed to pay $350,000 to settle a complaint by the Florida Attorney General’s Office that the firm obtained stolen consumer information and did not take proper steps to ensure data was acquired legitimately. Although VICI Marketing LLC agreed to the settlement filed…
Wal-Mart employee data compromised; 48,000 affected
Well, I haven’t found anything more on this from any news source and it’s always odd to find out about a U.S. breach from a non-U.S. source, but International Supermarkets is reporting that: It has come to light that Wal-Mart has suffered a breach in its staff data system due to a former employee leaving…