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IL: Trial in doubt for medical ID theft case

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Dissent

Way back when, I had written myself a note about a case in which five Indiana residents had been indicted on charges that related to an ID fraud conspiracy involving theft of patient information. According to the press release in December 2013 from the  U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Indiana, the five individuals were indicted November…

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Third Circuit Questions FTC’s Data Security Authority

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Dissent

Kacy Brake of Alston & Bird provides her recap of oral argument in the Third Circuit FTC case against Wyndham. You can read her comments here.

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Government to drop charges against National Weather Service employee accused of hacking

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Dissent

Well, in light of past coverage, I didn’t see this one coming. Lisa Cornwell of AP reports: A National Weather Service employee accused of illegally accessing a restricted federal computer database containing information about the nation’s dams, stealing information and lying to federal investigators will have charges against her dismissed if a judge approves the…

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Number of tax refund fraud victims at Ball State U. climbs; source of breach unknown

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Dissent

Eighty employees of Ball State University have become victims of tax refund fraud, and the numbers seem to be growing each week, while both the university and Anthem say that they are not responsible for the problem. In response to its employees’ problems, however, BSU has created an identity theft information line. Seth Sablaugh reports on the known…

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State Data Breach Notification Law Updates

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Dissent

If you’ve been meaning to get caught up with changes in state data breach notification laws, check out this article by Cynthia J. Larose of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. The article covers developments in New Jersey, Montana, Connecticut, Washington State, and New Mexico (where they’re still trying to get their first data breach notification law).

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Tacoma Woman Who Led Tax Fraud And Id Theft Scheme Pleads Guilty

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Dissent

A Tacoma, Washington woman who used a prison pen pal program to obtain other peoples’ personally identifying information pleaded guilty  in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced Acting United States Attorney Annette L. Hayes.  Shannon Henderson, 45, filed more than 150 fraudulent tax returns between 2009 and 2014,…

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