While there was widespread concern at news last week that confidential patient details had mistakenly been sent from Sligo General Hospital to a private fax in Donegal, it has since emerged that this was not an isolated incident. According to the Sligo Weekender, the newspaper has also received faxes with patient details from the hospital,…
Cardiologist who misused patient info for fraud sentenced
Sushil Sheth, M.D., a Chicago area cardiologist who surrendered his medical license, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for stealing approximately $13 million from Medicare and more than 30 other public and private health care insurance programs over roughly five years. According to a press release issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Sheth…
Judge approves Countrywide Financial ID theft settlement
A federal judge on Monday granted final approval to a settlement between Countrywide Financial Corp. and millions of customers left at high risk for identity theft because of a security breach. The breach and terms of the settlement have been previously covered on this site and in PogoWasRight.org’s archives, but the Associated Press story provides…
Former Wachovia employee in Atlanta gets prison for bank fraud
Atlanta Business Chronicle provides a follow-up on a case previously covered on this site. A former Wachovia Bank employee from Hampton, Ga., was sentenced Monday to four and half years in federal prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with selling customers’ bank account information and Social Security numbers while employed in…
NZ hacker sentenced to community service and reparations
A Brazilian man who hacked into the reservation system of the backpacker Pinewood Lodge where he had stayed in Queenstown was sentenced to community work and reparations. Schiavini had used his computer to access the wireless network at the hostel, where he was staying, and gained further access to the internal reservation system. He managed…
Banks Siding Against the Customer in Fraud Cases
Naomi Wolf recounts the ugly story of her interactions with WaMu when she reported suspected fraud on her account. … I noticed eventually that checkbooks were missing from my home, and finally my accountant got enough of the records to see an unmistakable pattern of fraud, and called my attention to it. I filed a…