Elizabeth M. Cosin reports: A thumb drive containing health records of nearly 34,000 patients was stolen from a Santa Rosa medical office last week, officials said Wednesday. The drive was stolen June 2 from an unlocked employee locker at the former Redwood Regional Medical Group imaging center at 121 Sotoyome Dr., according to St. Joseph…
CNA's father gets 7-year sentence in nursing home identity theft case
Tim Mullaney reports: A Florida man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for a tax fraud that victimized nursing home residents and involved his daughter, a certified nursing assistant, federal and state authorities recently announced. Norman V. Charlton, 50, pleaded guilty to identity theft and conspiracy charges in March and was sentenced Friday…
MO: Van gets stolen with medical records, could keep boy scouts from attending camp
Kasey Babbitt reports: Parents of boy scouts in troop 221 are worried that their children’s medical records have been compromised, after a family van is stolen in Independence. Kathleen Pace says she volunteers for her son`s boy scout troop and was in charge of gathering copies of the children`s physicals because they need them for…
Craftsman Book’s Credit Card Files Hacked
While I was away at PLSC, Jeanne Price of idRADAR reported: An estimated 11,000 home improvement contractors and do-it-yourselfers who bought products from Craftsman-book.com can expect a data breach alert in their mailbox or email Inbox soon. “May 27, we discovered unauthorized activity on a website maintained by our company, Craftsman Book Company. On May 28 we…
New Trier investigates teachers’ identity thefts
Karen Ann Cullotta reports: The apparent identity thefts of more than 40 former and current New Trier High School employees have prompted the school district to ask local and state law enforcement authorities for help with the investigation, New Trier officials confirmed this week. […] New Trier officials said they were alerted in March to…
Star Advertiser credit card breach could impact hundreds, if not thousands, of customers
Hawaii Reporter reports: Tori Samiere, who was arraigned in First Circuit Court on Monday, June 9, on four counts of theft, pleaded not guilty to the charges. Samiere, 54, is accused of conspiring with Sadie Jane Groy, 30, to steal the credit card numbers of several clients of Hawaii’s largest daily paper, the Honolulu Star Advertiser. Groy…