L.A. Care Health Plan, the largest public health plan in the country, is notifying some members whose personal information may have been exposed to other members due to a glitch in their online payment portal. In a letter to those affected, Veronica Richardson, Privacy & Information Security Officer for L.A. Health Plan writes: We are sending you this letter…
Former Fort Benning hospital employee steals military IDs to commit tax refund fraud – indictment
Tracy Mitchell, of Phenix City, Alabama, was indicted by a federal grand jury for her involvement in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, announced George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama and Kathryn Keneally, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. Mitchell was charged with several counts of…
UK man charged with hacking US Federal Reserve
Grant Gross reports: A British man faces new charges in the U.S. for allegedly hacking into the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank’s servers and stealing names, email addresses and other personal information of the bank’s computer users. Lauri Love, already facing charges in New Jersey and Virginia, is now charged with one count of computer hacking and one…
Ca: Island Health investigating privacy breach
John Harding reports: One never knows what one will find for sale in the SOS Thrift Store. The personal information of someone who has sought medical help isn’t something one would expect to be for sale, however. Denise Whitson was in the Parksville SOS Thrift Store last weekend, looking for some office supplies. The Qualicum…
IL: Pharmacist Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Obtaining $1.7 Million From Health Insurers for Drug he Never Dispensed
A Chicago pharmacist was sentenced to seven years in federal prison after being convicted at trial of collecting more than $1.7 million through false claims he submitted to insurance companies for a drug that he never dispensed and stealing the identities of unsuspecting pharmacy customers to make that money, which he used to finance a…
Confidential Patient Records From Local Dentist’s Office Found Dumped In Apple Valley
David Goldstein reports: Hundreds of confidential patient records from a local dentist’s office were found dumped in Apple Valley. CBS2’s David Goldstein reported that the referral forms from 1-800-DENTIST to Dr. Samuel Kim, who specializes in laser and implant dentistry, were discovered in a vacant lot behind the home of Carolyn Lindblade. “We found the…