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Authorities: State employee used confidential information in identity fraud case
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:54:50 +0000 (UTC)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org> http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695269275,00.html By Geoffrey Fattah Deseret News April 10, 2008 Federal officials said a former state employee who took applications from people seeking food stamps and other welfare aid worked with three others to steal the identity of Utah residents and charge tens of thousands of dollars in purchases. During a joint press conference Thursday, federal and state officials said this was the largest security breach at the Department of Workforce Services and were working to re-instate the public's trust. "It is a particularly gross crime," said U.S. Attorney for Utah Brett Tolman. Authorities unsealed indictments against four individuals, including one state employee. Charged were Joshua Smith, 32, of Murray; Michelle Chapman, 29, of Murray; John Johnstun, 44, or Midvale and Laura Bustamante, 34, of Midvale. Authorities said Bustamante had worked on and off with the DWS as early as 2000 and recently had worked as an eligibility specialist, taking applications from Utah residents applying for food stamps, financial aid, child care programs including CHIP and Medicaid. [..] _______________________________________________ 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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