Veneta Rizvic reports: Eddie Lee Regans was indicted on fraudulent use of access devices, mail fraud and aggravated identity theft charges after allegedly using the personal information of several business customers to obtain credit for personal use. Regans, 50, of St. Louis, racked up charges of $89,000 between August 2015 and July 2016, according to the…
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An Assessment of the Anthem Data Breach Litigation Rulings
David Silverman writes: [Eric’s intro: this blog post helps distill Judge Koh’s two rulings, In re Anthem Inc. Data Breach Litig., No. 15-MD-02617 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 16, 2016) (“Anthem I”) and In re Anthem Inc. Data Breach Litig., No. 15-MD-02617 (N.D. Cal. May 27, 2016) (“Anthem II”). These are complicated opinions, and I hope this post helps…
State hospital patients upset over medical data leak
Gordon Friedman reports: Patients at the Oregon State Hospital‘s maximum security ward report being upset that their private medical information was improperly shared by a hospital psychiatrist. On June 9, a psychiatrist used a cell phone to photograph a patient census sheet and accidentally sent it to six people, said Joni DeTrant, medical records director at OSH. The census…
Athens Orthopedic committed to rectifying data breach issues
One of the surgeons at Athens Orthopedic Clinic in Georgia has written an open letter to patients and the community. I would encourage everyone to read it for perspective.
Glendale doctor sues Banner Health over data breach
The Republic reports on what will undoubtedly be just one of many lawsuits: A Glendale doctor has filed a class-action lawsuit against Banner Health after a cyberattack compromised the personal information of about 3.7 million patients, employees, cafeteria customers and others. Phoenix-based law firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro filed the lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court on behalf…
Former Tampa-Area Hospital Employee Sentenced For Stealing Patient Information And Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns
Tampa, Florida – Aug. 3 – U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Shanakia Benton to three years in federal prison for wrongful disclosure of individual identifiable health information and wire fraud. As part of her sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $77,239, the proceeds of the wire…