A mail carrier in San Diego County is accused of stealing dozens of gift cards, debit cards and Social Security documents sent through the mail. The Sheriff’s Department said Monday that Allen Pitman is suspected of stealing the mail over the last four years while working for the U.S. Postal Service in Santee. Read more…
Category: Theft
CO: ID theft suspects charged
The Denver District Attorney’s office has charged two adults suspected of stealing hundreds of people’s identities out of homes, cars, hotels and a local hospital. Paul Simmons, 46, was charged with one count of identity theft, one count of forgery, possession of forged instruments and one count of theft of medical records. Dawn Philbin, 51,…
UT: Man sentenced in theft of medical records
AP is reporting: A man accused of stealing the medical records of more than 1.5 million patients from the University of Utah’s hospital and clinics will spend one year in jail. Shadd D. Hartman pleaded guilty in December to misdemeanor charges of theft by receiving stolen property and attempted possession of another’s identification documents. Read…
TX: Laptop theft at Parkland Memorial Hospital could imperil employee information
Sherry Jacobson reports: A laptop computer that may have contained the names, birthdates and Social Security numbers of 9,300 employees of Parkland Memorial Hospital was stolen last week, hospital officials acknowledged Monday. The laptop, valued at $1,862 and stolen Feb. 3, contained no information related to Parkland patients, the officials stressed. And while it was…
OH: Thief Steals Patient Records; Hospital Investigates
Donna Willis reports: Nearly two dozen medical records were stolen from a doctor’s car. Parents questioned why the records were taken from the hospital in the first place. NBC 4’s Lauren Diedrich GOT ANSWERS. Diedrich went to Nationwide Children’s Hospital to find out how the incident happened, and the hospital said it was working to…
UK: Data theft: More records missing
Council bosses have revealed eight computer hard drives, which could contain personal and financial information about residents, are still missing. Officials at Charnwood Borough Council say the devices are part of the same batch as one stolen by a former employee and sold on an internet auction site. They remain unaccounted for. That hard drive,…