Advanced Data Processing (ADPI), handles billing for a number of ambulance services throughout the U.S. The Florida-headquartered firm notified the California Attorney General’s Office this week that on October 1, they discovered a rogue employee had been accessing and disclosing patient information to others who used the information to file fraudulent tax returns to obtain refunds. According…
Prime Healthcare Services fined $95,000 in privacy case
If you’ve been reading my blog for a few years, you’ll likely remember the case where Shasta Regional Medical Center and Prime Healthcare Services disclosed a patient’s records to the media, claiming that because the patient had talked to the media, she had waived confidentiality. The case was initially reported in January, and I posted an update in May…
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley takes blame for state’s data breach
I’ve been somewhat snarky about the Governor’s past statements on the massive breach in the state’s Dept. of Revenue agency, so I thought the least I can do is acknowledge when she steps up to the plate. James Rosen reports: South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Wednesday for the first time accepted personal blame for…
This ‘n that, Part 2
Another cup of coffee, and here’s some of what I’m reading: Western Connecticut State University is notifying 235,000 people their records, including social security numbers and other personal information, were insecure on its computers for three years and four months. WCSU said it has found no evidence that records were inappropriately accessed. Read about it…
North Miami Resident Arrested and Charged with Identity Theft
And yet another tax refund fraud scheme disclosed this week where they don’t tell us how the criminals acquired the identity information: … a twenty (20) count indictment, filed on November 15, 2012, charging Josue Faustin, 20, of North Miami, with conspiracy, possession of unauthorized access devices, aggravated identity theft and theft of government property involving a…
MO: Woman accused in massive identity theft scam
Associated Press reports that Tania Henderson was charged by federal prosecutors this week as the ringleader in an ID theft ring that involved fraudulent tax returns: The criminal complaint alleges that 191 fraudulent tax returns in the names of identity theft victims – both living and dead – were filed from a computer in Henderson’s home….