A former Orange County chiropractor was found guilty by a jury today of federal criminal charges accusing her of defrauding health insurers by fraudulently submitting and causing to be billed $2.2 million in billings for chiropractic services never provided, bogus medical diagnoses, office visits that never occurred, and medical devices falsely prescribed. Susan H. Poon,…
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Meat processor JBS paid $11 million in ransom to hackers.
Rebecca Robbins reports: The world’s largest meat processor said on Wednesday that it paid an $11 million ransom in Bitcoin to the hackers behind an attack that forced the shutdown last week of all the company’s U.S. beef plants and disrupted operations at poultry and pork plants. The company, JBS, said in a statement that the decision…
Castle Hills police recover stolen IDs, urge residents to check for identity theft
It’s not quite on the order of recovering millions in bitcoin, but in Texas last week, a traffic stop in Castle Hills resulted in the recovery of a number of stolen identification paperwork including “A licenses, passports, checkbooks and also some birth certificates and car titles. Now the police are warning the public to check to…
ADT Technician Sentenced for Hacking Home Security Footage
There’s an update to a previously reported case: A home security technician was sentenced today to 52 months in federal prison for repeatedly hacking into customers’ video feeds, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Prerak Shah. Telesforo Aviles, a 35-year-old former ADT employee, pleaded guilty to computer fraud in January. He was sentenced…
AZ: MCCCD release findings from cyber security breach investigation
ABC reports: The Maricopa County Community College District is releasing the findings from an investigation into a cyber security breach that happened earlier this year. In March, the college district announced that suspicious activity was found on their network which resulted in a system shutdown. […] A forensic investigation determined MCCCD likely identified and prevented…
Middletown Man Sentenced To Six Months of Home Confinement For Damaging Former Employer’s Computer Network
David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Levii Delgado, 36, of Middletown, was sentenced today to six months of home confinement and over $13,000 in restitution by the Honorable Leonard P. Stark, Chief United States District Judge for the District of Delaware. Delgado pled guilty in February 2021…