MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has arrested and deported a 60-year-old American tagged as a high-priority target by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the US Department of Justice announced yesterday.
Immigration Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado said Herbert Leon Kimble was apprehended by BI fugitive search unit agents and government intelligence officers in Pasig on June 11 and deported on June 18.
Kimble is the subject of a federal arrest warrant issued by a US District Court in South Carolina for orchestrating a healthcare fraud scheme that defrauded the US government’s healthcare programs of $1.2 billion.
Authorities said the scheme involved the fraudulent marketing and distribution of unnecessary orthopedic braces billed to Medicare.
“The Philippines will not serve as a sanctuary for fugitives seeking to evade justice in their home…
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IT & DATA SECURITY (MITIGATING THE “INSIDER THREAT”)
As seen in the TD Bank case, an employee with too much “access” can sell your customer data to syndicates.
- Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP): Employees should only have access to the specific folders and databases required for their current task.
- Access Revocation: Have a “Termination Checklist” that ensures all digital access (Email, VPN, Banking) is revoked within 60 minutes of an employee resigning or being dismissed.
- System Logs & Audit Trails: Enable “Read/Write Logging” on your server. If a customer’s data is leaked, you need to know exactly which login accessed that record and at what time.
- Encryption at Rest: Ensure that sensitive files (like your customer ID numbers or payroll spreadsheets) are encrypted so that if a staff member copies them to a USB, they cannot be read.