If you’ve been meaning to get caught up with changes in state data breach notification laws, check out this article by Cynthia J. Larose of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. The article covers developments in New Jersey, Montana, Connecticut, Washington State, and New Mexico (where they’re still trying to get their first data breach notification law).
High-Level Member Of Large-Scale, $5 Million ATM Skimming Scheme Convicted On Multiple Charges
A Chicago man was convicted at trial for his role in a large-scale, long-running, and lucrative scheme to steal bank customer account information – commonly referred to as “ATM skimming” – by installing hidden card-reading devices on ATMs throughout New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Florida, and elsewhere, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Dinu Horvat,…
Payroll Company Owner Sentenced for Stealing $1.2M in IRS Taxes from Small Businesses and Municipal Water Supply
Warren Hebert, 67, of Barrington, R.I., owner of Checkmaster Payroll Services, has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $1.1 million in restitution to seven businesses and the Seekonk, Mass., Water District that he defrauded when he diverted federal payroll taxes he collected from them that were to have been…
Russian National Known as “Joga” Pleads Guilty to Online Fraud Scheme
A Russian man known by the online nickname “Joga,” pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Boston to participating in a scheme to acquire more than $400,000 in consumer goods and stored value cards using stolen credit and debit card information. Alexey Svetlichnyy, 32, a Russian citizen living in Tewksbury, Mass., pleaded guilty to an…
Tacoma Woman Who Led Tax Fraud And Id Theft Scheme Pleads Guilty
A Tacoma, Washington woman who used a prison pen pal program to obtain other peoples’ personally identifying information pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced Acting United States Attorney Annette L. Hayes. Shannon Henderson, 45, filed more than 150 fraudulent tax returns between 2009 and 2014,…
MI: Indictments issued in Blue Cross Blue Shield identity theft case
Dustin Blitchok reports on another insider breach at a HIPAA-covered entity: Eleven suspects were indicted on multiple identity theft-related charges Tuesday by the Detroit district attorney’s office in a case that accuses them of stealing the personal information of Blue Cross Blue Shield subscribers and using it to apply for credit and purchase merchandise in…