There’s an update to the Tamika Floyd case from the Department of Justice: A Phenix City, Alabama, resident and former state employee was sentenced to serve more than seven years in prison for her role in a stolen identity tax refund fraud ring. Tamika Floyd was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge W. Keith Watkins to…
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Officials find 103 skimmers at Florida gas stations
AP reports: Officials with Florida’s Department of Agriculture say 103 skimmer devices that are used for identity theft have been discovered at more than 7,500 gas stations it inspected. The agency announced its findings Tuesday. The report comes after three months of investigation by inspectors who visited 7,571 stations in a statewide sweep. Read more…
Ringleader and Former Bank Teller in Orange County Bank Fraud and Identity-Theft Scheme Re-Arrested
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the re-arrest of ringleader Tyrone “Reece” Lee and former bank teller Nadia Figueroa on a 50-count indictment in Orange County Supreme Court. The defendants, who are charged with running an identity-theft ring that stole over $457,000 from customers of Wachovia Bank (now Wells Fargo), both pleaded guilty earlier…
NY: Jacobi Medical Center notifies 90,060 patients after employee emailed PHI to her personal account and new email address at another employer
Jacobi Medical Center, part of the New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation, issued this statement on April 28: The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) this week began to notify about 90,000 HHC patients about the possible disclosure of some of their protected health information (PHI) that may have occurred when a…
Nevada expands definition of PI for purposes of the state’s breach and safeguards laws
Morrison & Foerster LLP write: Nevada’s recently amended law will, among other things, create the first state mandate to encrypt online account credentials. Specifically, on May 13, 2015, Nevada Governor Sandoval approved a bill (“AB 179”) to expand the definition of “personal information” for purposes of the state’s security breach notification and personal information safeguards…
Attorneys to argue jurisdiction in Shorter University security breach case
Northwest Georgia News has an update on a lawsuit that was filed in the wake of the theft of student records at Shorter University. The breach, disclosed in November 2014, allegedly resulted in ID theft and tax refund fraud, according to a lawsuit filed in February: The federal judge presiding over a civil lawsuit against Shorter…