Diatherix Laboratories in Alabama posted this notice on their site about a breach involving Diamond Computing Company: On August 7, 2014, the Compliance Officer of Diatherix Laboratories, Inc. notified 7,016 individuals across the United States that their protected health information (PHI) may have been accessed in connection with a security lapse. Background Information Diatherix provides clinical laboratory testing…
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AL: Flowers Hospital employee indicted for stealing patient info for tax refund fraud scheme
An update to this insider breach at Flowers Hospital in Alabama. The breach, reported in April, has already resulted in a potential class action lawsuit, which the hospital has moved the court to dismiss. In today’s development, Ken Curtis reports: A Henry County man has been indicted on charges he sold personal information of patients…
AL: Local hospitals hit with class action lawsuit in wake of data breach
Donna Thornton reports: Community Health Systems and some of the Alabama hospitals it owns have been hit with a class action lawsuit in the wake of the disclosure that patients’ personal information has been compromised. Gadsden Regional Medical Center, Riverview Regional Medical Center and Anniston HMA and Foley Hospital Corporation — all owned by CHS…
14 Individuals Charged with Trafficking Identities of Puerto Rican U.S. Citizens
Fourteen individuals were charged in three indictments in Puerto Rico with conspiracy to commit identification fraud, money laundering, aggravated identity theft and passport fraud in connection with their alleged roles in a scheme to traffic the identities and corresponding identity documents of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice…
AL: Former Bail Bondsman Indicted in Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
Roderick Neal, of Dothan, Alabama, was indicted for stolen identity refund fraud crimes, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ronald A. Cimino of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama announced yesterday following the unsealing of the indictment. Neal was charged with conspiracy, wire fraud and…
Ex-ALDOC workers sentenced in identity theft
Scott Johnson reports: Two former Alabama Department of Corrections officers have been sentenced for their roles in a stolen identity tax refund scheme. Bryant Thompson was sentenced to 120 months in prison, and Quincy Walton was sentenced to 84 months. Thompson and Walton were convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States in January 2014….