I’m not a fan of postcard appointment reminders for patients, as they expose the fact that the named individual is a patient of a particular doctor or practice – and sometimes, that, in and of itself, reveals more than I would want to see revealed. But under HIPAA, postcard reminders are not barred, and patients…
Category: U.S.
NY: Ringleader In Orange County Bank Fraud And Identity-Theft Scheme Convicted
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the conviction of ringleader Tyrone “Reece” Lee, 29, for running an identity-theft ring that stole over $457,000 from customers of Wachovia Bank (now Wells Fargo) in Newburgh, N.Y. Following a trial in Orange County Court, the jury convicted Lee of all 15 Counts charged, including Grand Larceny and…
University of California – Berkeley alerting 80,000 to December hack involving SSN or bank account info (UPDATE1)
From the University of California – Berkeley: UC Berkeley officials are sending alert notices to approximately 80,000 current and former faculty, staff, students and vendors following a criminal cyberattack on a system storing their Social Security or bank account numbers. The campus has no evidence that any unauthorized individual actually accessed, acquired or used any…
IRS “Get Transcript” breach much bigger than first thought – now more than 700K victims
Andrew Taylor of AP reports: The IRS says the number of taxpayers whose tax information may have been stolen by computer hackers now exceeds 700,000 — more than double the agency’s previous estimate. The tax collecting agency says 390,000 more taxpayer accounts may have compromised than the 334,000 it warned about a year and a…
Where does your local govt store old records?
Seen on reddit, posted by “hiimquinten:” Okay, guys. This is my first time here so sorry if somethings not right about this post. But I have no idea where to go about addressing this. My friends and I went ghost hunting in an abandoned school in our town tonight. It was the typical very old…
All in the family update: Second Sister Gets Prison in Tax Identity Theft Scheme
Wheeler News Service reports the latest development in a case previously noted on this blog: A second sister from Milwaukee is going to prison for stealing identities to get more than $234,000 in bogus state income tax refunds. 38-year-old Sharon Staten will spend 10 years behind bars and 10 more on supervision on counts of…