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Ayudando Guardians Inc

Ayudando Guardians Inc Data Breach (2017)

Ayudando Guardians Inc

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Disclosed

January 1, 2017

3372 days ago

Records

Undisclosed

Confirmed

Root Cause

Insider Threat

Industry

Healthcare

Description

Fraud charges leveled against New Mexico guardianship firm. They are accused of using client funds to pay off more than $4 million in charges on a company credit card that was used by the two women and their families for personal purposes. The indictment also accuses them of writing checks to themselves from company accounts, replenishing depleted client accounts with funds taken from other clients and mailing fraudulent statements to the VA. Between June 2011 and March 2014, Harris is accused of writing 12 checks that totaled nearly a half-million dollars. One check in the amount of $50,950 was made out to Mercedes Benz of Albuquerque while another for $26,444 was issued to an RV dealership.