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ID theft in Oklahoma City (jun 2007 to Aug 2007)
From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:12:09 -0600
http://www.kten.com/global/story.asp?s=7914206 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Federal prosecutors have accused an Oklahoma City woman of violating a federal health privacy law as part of an identity theft scheme. An indictment alleges Leslie A. Howell violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma spokesman Bob Troester says the Feb. 15 indictment was the first in the district for violating HIPAA. According to the indictment, Howell disclosed "personally identifiable health information" to two people from June to August, knowing they would use it to commit "access device fraud" and identity theft. Troester said the records came from a counseling center, but he wouldn't say which one. He says all the patient information that was disclosed has been retrieved, and all the victims have been or will be notified. Howell is accused of providing more than 100 patient files to the pair, but Troester declined to identify them. _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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