A Tyler businessman has been arrested on charges of health care fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Nicodemus Udofia, 50, of Tyler, was arrested on June 15, 2010, in connection with a health care fraud scheme. On June 3, 2010, a federal grand jury returned a…
UNR Warns Patients About Possible Health Info Compromise
KTVN reports: Some University Health System patients are being notified by letter that their information may possibly have been viewed without consent. Here is the information we received in the Channel 2 Newsroom directly from the University of Nevada: Computer equipment from a University Health System office in Reno was stolen on June 11 and,…
Feds to Investigate Porn Industry Testing Clinic for Privacy Breaches
Interesting press release from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation: In response to a formal written complaint alleging sweeping violations of federal patient confidentiality laws filed by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has decided to open an investigation of the Adult Industry Medical (AIM) HealthCare Foundation, a Los Angeles…
UK: Confidential papers stolen from policeman’s car
Police have fallen foul of the Data Protection Act after confidential paperwork was stolen from the boot of an officer’s car. The force has now been forced to take remedial action after it emerged the officer did not have a safe at his house and did not store the documents in his secure briefcase. A…
Computer network breach at Virginia Beach Schools
From WVEC/13 News: A computer network security breach on May 6th allowed a student access to confidential student information. School officials say that a glitch in the system allowed the access, and it’s been fixed. Officials say the student accessed names, addresses, birthdays, social security numbers and more, all sitting at a library computer at…
Hacker jailed over complex web scam
UKPA reports: A young computer hacker who carried out a sophisticated and lucrative online fraud operation to feed his gambling habit has been jailed. Alistair Peckover, 21, bought a Porsche, expensive watches and more than £30,000 worth of gold bullion using the proceeds from his complex scam. Detectives said he systematically defrauded legitimate online businesses…