Medical identity theft is on the rise and hasn’t shown signs of slowing down anytime soon, according to a new report released Thursday. Conducted by privacy and security research firm Ponemon ...

NEW YORK -- Medical identity theft is a crime on the rise. Nearly 2.5 million cases were reported in 2014, an increase of 20 percent from the year before. A stolen medical identity can ruin your ...

In 2014, nearly 9 million patient health records were breached in 164 reported incidents. By March 2015, that number had increased tenfold. In fact, it is estimated that one in three health records ...

In May, a woman from Edmonds, Wash., was arrested for using another woman's identity to obtain nearly $180,000 worth of medical services and prescription drugs. It's a form of identity theft that ...

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Medicare scammers exploit dark web medical data to craft personal cons, with BBB reporting 40% surge in fraud complaints ...

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An estimated 2.3 million adult Americans or their close family members became victims of medical identity theft in 2014 — a 22 percent rise in the dangerous type of fraud, according to a survey ...