A follow-up to a case previously reported on this blog involving an employee of Hollis Cobb Associates: Quentin Collick of Montgomery, Ala., and Deatrice Williams of Duluth, Ga., were sentenced Nov. 1, 2013, to serve 85 and 51 months in prison, respectively. Collick and Williams were previously found guilty by a jury in the Middle…
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Montgomery Man Sentenced In Identity Theft Related State Income Tax Fraud
John Irving Wheeler, 31 years old, of Montgomery, was sentenced to serve 210 months of incarceration on October 31, 2013. Wheeler was also ordered to pay one million dollars in restitution to the States of Georgia and Michigan. Wheeler pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud on April…
US Government Intervenes In False Claims Lawsuit Against United States Investigations Services For Failing To Perform Required Quality Reviews Of Background Investigations
Background checks are an important tool in preventing insider breaches. After Edward Snowden’s leaks became public, eyes turned to the firm that was responsible for checking his background, USIS. And now they’re in a slew of potentially very hot water: The government has intervened in a lawsuit filed under the False Claims Act against United…
Senator Markey Queries Walgreens About How New Pharmacy Model Impacts Patient Privacy, Drug Security
With upwards of 20 states slated to begin implementing the new Walgreens “Well Experience” pharmacy model, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today called on the company to respond to questions about the potential impact on patient privacy, data security, and patient safety. The “Well Experience” model is a departure from traditional pharmaceutical activities, physically separating…
Birmingham Woman Sentenced for Role in Multi-State Identity Theft Conspiracy
A federal judge today sentenced a Birmingham woman to more than six years in prison for her role in a multi-state identity-theft and counterfeit-check scheme that included recruiting homeless people to cash the fraudulent checks. Daphne Collette Tate, 42, pleaded guilty in April to conspiring with five other people to defraud more than two dozen…
Security Clearance Jobs Lost—Paying A Sky High Price For Identity Theft
Sometimes we need a reminder as to the costs of ID theft to the victims. I’m referring to the real victims – not the companies or agencies that were the custodians of our information but failed to protect it adequately, but those whose lives are disrupted in long-lasting ways because there identity information has been…