WSB-TV in Atlanta reports: Channel 2 started asking questions after a major pharmacy chain sent prescription information for hundreds of customers to the wrong addresses. Now they are concerned for their privacy. According to a statement Channel 2’s Amy Napier Viteri got from CVS Caremark, the mistake affected around 350 customers. One woman in Georgia…
Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty In Identity Theft Tax Refund Scheme Involving Miami-Dade County Public School Students’ Identity Info
Donald Claude, 34, of Miramar, pled guilty yesterday to one count of wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343, and one count of aggravated identity theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1028A(a)(1). Sentencing is scheduled for October 24, 2014. At sentencing, Claude faces up to 20 years…
Where there's a breach, Wednesday edition
Courthouse News reports that a potential class action lawsuit has been filed against Banner Health over its mailing error breach that exposed over 50,000 people’s Medicare/Social Security numbers in the mailing labels on their newsletter.
Woman sentenced in federal identity theft case stole more than 700 identities
Tia Lashonda Miller, whose arrest was noted here in February of this year, has been sentenced to 70 months imprisonment, to be followed by 2 years of supervised release. Miller previously pled guilty to one count of unlawful possession of more than fifteen access devices, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(a)(3),…
Alabama Man Pleads Guilty to Involvement in Identity Theft Scheme Using Prisoner Names and Corrupt U.S. Postal Service Employee
Gregory Slaton pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to file false claims for his involvement in a Stolen Identity Tax Refund (SIRF) scheme, 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. According to the…
Employee of Cancer Specialists of Tidewater stole more than 2,000 patients' identity information
Prue Salasky reports: Newport News-based Riverside Health System has announced a security breach at Cancer Specialists of Tidewater, a Riverside-owned practice with offices in Virginia Beach, Suffolk and Chesapeake. More than 2,000 patients have potentially been affected by a team member accused of identity theft. The female employee charged, a medical assistant at the practice from August 2012…