Bill Bush provides additional information on a breach first reported yesterday involving personal information of Columbus Publc Health employees: None of the health department’s 450 employees have reported identity theft, said spokesman Jose Rodriguez. The department thinks the information of as many as 300 current employees and about 100 former employees was compromised, he said….
OH: Personal Info Stolen From Columbus Health Workers
10TV reports that hundreds of Columbus Public Health employees were notified that personal information pertaining to some of them was stolen. The station says that the email notification read, in part: Our department was notified earlier this week that Columbus Police recovered stolen financial records and papers from Columbus Public Health as part of an…
It’s Not Supposed to Work Like This
Michael Winerip of The New York Times recounts the experience of an AmEx customer who logged into his new American Express business credit card account account online only to discover he had accessed a stranger’s account: “I could see all her personal information,” said Mr. Goldstein, who was both transfixed and fearful that he had…
Indonesian Police Intensifying Efforts To Investigate ATM Scams
The Indonesian police are working closely with banks to protect customers and investigate this week’s reports of ATM break-in cases which may cause national banks to lose about Rp5 billion (RM1.8 million), Indonesia’s Antara news agency reported. “The Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) of the National Police has sent telegrams to all regional police chief detectives…
Doctor Used Other Physicians' Names To Perform Nip/Tucks On Insurance Companies' Dime
Dennis Romero reports: A Torrance-based doctor was convicted this week of charging insurance companies for medically unnecessary procedures that included facelifts and tummy tucks, according to the U.S. Deptartment of Justice. Lawrence Saks, a 57-year-old from Rolling Hills Estates, even used other doctors’ names when submitting claims, a jury concluded. He was found guilty of…
(follow-up) Woman files suit against newspaper
Stephanie Porter-Nichols provides a timely reminder that an indictment is not a conviction and that people’s lives can be devastated by media accusations that are inaccurate. The following is an update to a case first reported in March 2009: A Chilhowie woman is suing the Smyth County News & Messenger, claiming that she was defamed…