Andrew Blankstein reports: Prosecutors charged a trio of suspected identity thieves each with nearly two dozen criminal charges Monday for allegedly taking $2 million by using credit card skimming technology at gas pumps. Albert Jose Gonzalez, 39, of Lancaster, Josue Gustavo Albizuras, 42, of Los Angeles, and Cesar Vasquez Echeverria, 28, of Santa Clarita were arrested Feb. 25 after a…
Police are investigating identity theft, grand larceny at local bank
Goshen — The Village of Goshen Police Department [in New York] is investigating a scheme to commit identity theft and grand larceny at the Goshen branch of the Bank of America, located at 54 West Main Street. On March 2, several residents reported unauthorized withdrawals from their ATM accounts made at various Bank of America…
Privacy commissioner questions security of health records after doctors die
Jennifer Graham of the Canadian Press reports: Gary Dickson has seen abandoned medical records turn up in some pretty bizarre places in his time as Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner – mouldy basements, drafty Quonset huts, vacant buildings. He argues that more needs to be done to protect sensitive, personal health information left behind when a doctor…
Arrow Electronics notifies 4,044 employees of stolen laptop
The theft of a laptop from the office of Arrow Electronics in Melville, New York has resulted in the company notifying 4,044 current and former employees that their personal information was on the laptop. According to a notification sent to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office and to those affected last week, the laptop was…
Server theft at Arkansas eye clinic could affect 9,000 people
Louis Short of the Sun-Times reports: A burglary overnight Wednesday has the potential to affect approximately 9,000 people. A computer server was stolen from McNair Eye Center on Industrial Park Road, east of Heber Springs. The server contains information for approximately 9,000 patients. So far, no detail on what kinds of patient information were on…
[RANT] New Rule: No Waffling
A recent press release and open letter from Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites induces a rant. I’m working on my taxes and thought I’d send this notification off to the I.R.S.: To valued I.R.S. employees: I wish to inform you of possible income earned involving my private practice. At some point during the period April…