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Chicago woman to plead in ID theft case involving patient information

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Dissent

Here’s the latest on a case previously noted on this site. Teresa Auch Schultz reports: A Chicago woman claims her boss used her Gary business to help run an identity theft ring that stole information from clients at a medical center.  Montrease Young detailed her own role in the theft, as well as the role…

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TX: ID Theft Conspiracy Leader Sentenced To 16 Years In Federal Prison And Ordered To Pay $88,131 In Restitution

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Dissent

There’s a follow-up to a case first reported on this site in November 2011. A Cedar Hill, Texas man, who was convicted at trial on various federal felony offenses stemming from an identity (ID) theft conspiracy he ran in the metroplex from October 2009 to July 2013, was sentenced today, announced Acting U.S. Attorney John…

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Wyndham: A Case Study in Cybersecurity: How the cost of a relatively small breach can rival that of a major hack attack

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Dissent

Timothy Cornell of Clifford Chance US LLP has an interesting write-up on the Wyndham case that really details the time and labor costs of responding to a government investigation following a data breach. Here’s an example: On April 8, 2010, the FTC began to investigate Wyndham Worldwide and three of its subsidiaries (collectively “Wyndham”), sending Wyndham…

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Judge OKs $10 million settlement in Target data breach

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Dissent

Steve Karnowski and Michelle Chapman of AP report: A Minnesota judge has endorsed a settlement in which Target Corp. will pay $10 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over a massive data breach in 2013. U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson said at a hearing Thursday in St. Paul, Minnesota, that he would grant preliminary approval…

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NY: Auxiliary cop is accused of hacking into NYPD database to obtain information for his fake lawyer scam

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Dissent

John Marzulli reports: A rogue auxiliary cop hacked into an NYPD database for confidential information about traffic accidents, then contacted the victims posing as an ambulance-chasing lawyer, federal authorities said Tuesday. Yehuda Katz devised an elaborate scheme inside the 70th Precinct stationhouse in Flatbush, Brooklyn, where he was not only able to access law enforcement…

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GA: Taco Bell Employee Stole Identities While Working Drive-Thru Window

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Dissent

Kristal Dixon reports: An employee at a fast food restaurant is accused of stealing customers’ financial information to make unauthorized purchases. Roswell police have arrested and charged Rosetta Louise Brinson with two counts of identity fraud, obstruction of a law enforcement officer and two counts of computer theft. Fulton County Jail records show Brinson was…

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