U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Lamonte X. Smith, age 30, of Accokeek, Maryland, to 92 months in prison followed by six years of supervised release for conspiring to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft arising from a scheme in which, while he was incarcerated, he obtained access device account information of others…
FL: Return Preparer Sentenced In Identity Theft Tax Refund Scheme Involving Personal Identification Information Of Miami-Dade County Public School Students
There’s an update to a case previously noted on this blog. Donald Claude, 34, of Miramar, was sentenced to 40 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution of $210,120. Claude previously pled guilty to one count of wire fraud, in violation of Title 18,…
NHS Scotland accidentally leaks list of transgender patients
Pink News reports: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has reportedly leaked data pertaining to 86 transgender patients. The error occurred on Monday, when the Sandyford clinic – which provides gender and sexual health services in the Glasgow area – sent an open email chain to transgender patients, advertising a new service. As the email chain was…
Arkansas State University-Beebe alerts students and employees to potential breach
Arkansas State University-Beebe issued a precautionary notice of a potential data breach regarding personally identifiable information of students and employees at its campuses located in Beebe, Heber Springs, Searcy and the Little Rock Air Force Base. The infected server did not contain credit card information for any current or former student or employee. On October…
FL: Former President and Owner of Rehabilitation Clinic Pleaded Guilty in Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme
The former president and owner of a rehabilitation therapy services clinic pleaded guilty in Tampa today to health care fraud and money laundering charges. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley III of the Middle District of Florida, Acting Special Agent in Charge Derrick Jackson…
MA: Apologetic New Bedford hacker gets 4-year jail sentence
Milton J. Valencia reports that recidivist hacker Cameron Lacroix (aka “cam0,” “Freak,” and “leetjones”) was sentenced to four years in prison for a variety of hacking crimes that included accessing the computer accounts of three professors at Bristol Community College in New Bedford and changing grades for himself and two friends hacking into a local police chief’s…