Andrew Smith of Newsday reports that Benjamin Achampong, 30, a former manager at the Long Island Head Injury Association pleaded guilty to 20 counts each of second-degree identity theft and other charges. In return for the plea, Suffolk County Court Judge James Hudson promised to sentence Achampong to 1 1/3 to 4 years in prison. Manley said his office wanted a…
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Ex-Staffing Manager Of Home Health Care Services Provider Sentenced For Alteration Of Records To Conceal Medicaid Fraud
Lynette Smith, 41, of Suffolk, Va., was sentenced yesterday to ten months in prison for altering records to conceal Medicaid fraud committed by a provider of home health care services. Her sentencing was announced by Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. According to…
California judge orders Walgreens to pay $16.57M to settle charges of improper disposal of environmental waste and records with consumers' confidential medical information
Wow. Linda Foley writes: San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, together with 42 other California District Attorneys and two city attorneys, announced on Dec 13 that a judge in Alameda Superior Court has ordered the Illinois-based Walgreen Company to pay $16.57 million as part of a settlement of a civil environmental prosecution. Walgreens was accused of illegally…
Owner of North Miami Beach Dry Cleaner Pleads Guilty in Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
What’s a dry cleaner story doing in PHIprivacy.net, you wonder? Well, look where they obtained the personal information. From a press release from the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida: … Frantz Auguste, 53, of Sunny Isles, pled guilty yesterday to one count of access device fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft…
Details on the Jackson South Community Hospital breach
Details have been disclosed about a breach I noted yesterday. According to NBC in Miami: A baby born at Jackson South Community Hospital was at the center of an internal investigation into a breach of patient privacy and hospital policy – and two hospital administrators no longer work there as a result, sources said. According to sources, the…
Jackson South Community Hospital managers resign in wake of privacy breach
Hmmm. I don’t remember reading about this breach. John Dorschner reports: Jackson Health System announced Tuesday that two managers have resigned under pressure because of an alleged breach of patient privacy in the obstetrics unit in October at Jackson South Community Hospital. Jackson spokesman Edwin O’Dell said that South’s chief nursing officer and the head…