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News Tipoffs - Connecticut Editors Newsletter for Wednesday August 14, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Attorney General James Secures $4.5 Million From Biotech Company for Failing to Protect New Yorkers' Health Data
ALBANY, New York, Aug. 14 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: * * * Data Breach of Lab Testing Company Enzo Exposed Health Information of Millions of Americans * * * NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James and the attorneys general of Connecticut and New Jersey today secured $4.5 million from Enzo Biochem, Inc. (Enzo) for failing to adequately safeguard the personal and private health information of its patients. Enzo is a  more

Attorney General James Takes Action to Protect Regulations on Gun Sales
ALBANY, New York, Aug. 14 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: * * * AG James Leads Multistate Coalition in Amicus Brief to Support Commonsense State and Federal Regulations on Sale of Guns * * * NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in support of commonsense state and federal laws that regulate the sale of guns to keep communities safe. Attorney General James and the coalitio  more

Attorney General Neronha Objects to Proposed Rate Increases by Health Insurers
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 14 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release: Attorney General Peter F. Neronha submitted public comments to Rhode Island's Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner in response to proposed health insurance rate increase proposals by various insurance companies that do business in Rhode Island. The following excerpts highlight the Attorney General's comments, found here (http://www.riag.ri.gov/media/4846/download). Co  more

Attorney General Platkin and Multistate Coalition Secure $4.5 Million From Enzo Biochem for Failing to Protect Health Data
TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 14 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: * * * Data Breach of Lab Testing Company Exposed Health Information of About 331,600 New Jerseyans * * * Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Attorneys General of New York and Connecticut today secured $4.5 million from Enzo Biochem, Inc., for failing to adequately safeguard the personal and private health information of its patients. Enzo is a biotechnol  more

Attorney General Tong Joins Multistate Coalition to Secure $4.5 Million From Biotech Company for Failing to Protect Health Data
HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 14 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: Attorney General William Tong, along with the attorneys general of New York and New Jersey, today secured $4.5 million from Enzo Biochem, Inc. (Enzo) for failing to adequately safeguard the personal and private health information of its patients. Enzo is a biotechnology company that offered patients diagnostic testing at its laboratories in Connecticut, New Jersey, and  more

Mass. U.S. Attorney: Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty to Nine Counts of Fraud and Money Laundering
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: A Thomaston, Conn. man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Springfield in connection with a scheme to obtain bank loans and money for projects in Saudi Arabia. Hanibal Tayeh, 63, pleaded guilty to a superseding indictment with two counts of bank fraud, four counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering and one count of making   more