Jane Flasch reports: Thieves used information stolen from a Post Office to create and cash forged checks to the tune of $75,000. Investigators say thieves stole letters mailed in late November in the outdoor blue box at the Perinton Square Post Office. Officials now believe thieves struck just once, obtaining enough mail to target 20…
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Murphy, Texas Man Guilty of Bank Fraud and Identity Theft Violations
U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that a 43-year-old Murphy, Texas man has pleaded guilty to charges of bank fraud and identity theft in the Eastern District of Texas. Clifford Wayne Robertson pleaded guilty to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Don Bush. According to the indictment, an investigation…
CT Sues Health Net For Massive Security Breach (updated)
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today sued Health Net of Connecticut, Inc. for failing to secure private patient medical records and financial information involving 446,000 Connecticut enrollees and promptly notify consumers endangered by the security breach. Blumenthal is also seeking a court order blocking Health Net from continued violations of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability…
(follow-up) Would-be AIG extortionist sentenced
Tom Spalding reports: A 28-year-old Indianapolis man was sentenced today to two years in state prison for trying to extort $208,00 from an insurance company after stealing a computer server. Kevin M. Stewart was the first to be prosecuted under a law that makes it a crime to commit extortion with material from a protected…
Health care: A ‘goldmine’ for fraudsters
Parija Kavilanz reports: There’s a group of people who really love the U.S. health care system — the fraudsters, scammers and organized criminal gangs who are bilking the system of as much as $100 billion a year. Health care identity theft dominated all other crimes in the sector last year, according to Louis Saccoccio, executive…
NY: Hackers pluck 8,300 customer logins from bank server (updated)
Dan Goodin reports: Hackers have stolen the login credentials for more than 8,300 customers of small New York bank after breaching its security and accessing a server that hosted its online banking system. The intrusion at Suffolk County National Bank happened over a six-day period that started on November 18, according to a release (PDF)…