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California SEIU Hospital Benefits Clerk Sentenced for $1M+ Identity Theft

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Dissent

This seems to be my day for updating older cases. Carl Horowitz provides an update to a breach that was first disclosed in February 2009 but actually occurred in July 2007: Mia Camille Garza describes herself as “somebody who has fallen off the path.” Her victims understandably aren’t as charitable. Last Thursday, September 22, Garza,…

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Admitted Countrywide data thief gets 8 months in prison (updated)

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Dissent

In a breach case that was first revealed in August 2008, a former Countrywide employee has been sentenced: A former employee of mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. was sentenced Tuesday to eight months in prison and ordered to repay $1.2 million after pleading guilty to downloading millions of borrower files on thumb drives and selling…

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DeKalb jailer arrested for stealing inmates’ identities

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Dissent

Christian Boone reports: A second-generation DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office jailer has been arrested and charged with using inmates’ Social Security numbers to file false tax returns and pocketing the refunds. It’s unknown how many inmates were compromised by Adriara Addison’s alleged crimes, said DeKalb sheriff’s spokesman Adrion Bell. Read more on AJC. WSBTV adds more…

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AZ: Glendale police arrest credit card worker in identity theft

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Dissent

Morgan Tanabe reports: Glendale police arrested a credit card company worker and her boyfriend suspected of identity theft and the use of a stolen credit card, according to a court document. Las Vegas resident Amanda Shepherd, who works as a customer service representative at Citi Cards, was arrested Tuesday. George Nelson was arrested on Sept….

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Yet another former employee of Electronic Data Systems convicted for participation in ID theft and tax fraud conspiracy

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Dissent

The other day I posted information on an insider breach at Electronic Data Systems that had pretty much flown under the media radar.  Today, I came across this subsequent press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama that names yet another Electronic Data Systems employee who appears to have been…

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Some retirees’ personal information lost in mail

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Dissent

Associated Press reports: The personal information of thousands of U.S. Steel Mining retirees and their dependents has been lost in the mail. Benefits Administration Services said Friday that a password-protected CD it had put in the mail in August never reached its destination. BAS is a provider of benefits administration services for the United States…

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