From today’s press release from the USAO for the Southern District of Florida: United States v. Michelson Jeancy, Case No. 15-20230-CR-Huck On April 3, 2015, defendant Michelson Jeancy, 35, of Miami, was charged by indictment for his participation in an identity theft tax fraud scheme. According to the indictment, Jeancy was an employee of a Miami-Dade…
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FL: Fraudulent tax returns used PII obtained from Texas
These fraudsters allegedly used information obtained from the Texas Dept. of Public Safety, but the press release gives no clue as to how they obtained it. United States v. John Mackenley Cesar, et. al, Case No. 15-60071-CR-Zloch On April 2, 2015, John Mackenley Cesar, 26, of Miami, Chedlor Dorilus, 22, of Hollywood, Lawrence Bernadel (“Bernadel”), 22, of Tallahassee, Ariel Ronet Walker,…
FL: Employee of unnamed community health care provider indicted for stealing 9,000 patients’ info
And yet another insider breach in the healthcare sector results in criminal prosecution. The entity is not named in the press release and the case is not yet up on PACER: United States v. Yvenante Achille, Case. No. 15-20229-CR-Lenard In April 3, 2015, defendant Yvenante Achille, 30, of Miami, was charged by indictment for her participation…
FL: Fraudsters used info skimmed from restaurant customers
The South Beach restaurant whose customers had their data skimmed was not named in this press release. There’s also no explanation of where the defendants obtained Social Security numbers and other personal information: United States v. Christopher M. Mack, Case No. 15-2317-MJ-O’Sullivan On March 16, 2015, Christopher M. Mack, 30, of Miami, was charged by criminal complaint…
FL: Another prosecution of fraudsters using student information for tax refund fraud scheme
Another criminal prosecution announced today involved tax refund fraud using information from Miami-Dade Public School students: United States v. Luis Daniel Lopez Morales and Rigo Octavio Lopez, Case No. 15-2428-MJ-Goodman On April 1, 2015, Luis Daniel Lopez Morales, 19, and Rigo Octavio Lopez, 25, both of North Miami, were charged by criminal complaint for their participation in a…
FL: Former Aventura Hospital employee charged criminally in ID theft scheme
Today, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida revealed a prosecution stemming from an insider breach impacting Aventura Hospital patients, although I’m not confident I can figure out which Aventura Hospital breach this is related to (see PHIprivacy.net and this site for previous reports of Aventura Hospital insider breaches). Note that the employee…