false 4 4 false false false 2731 true 20 1869 2010-04-08T21:53:19Z 3 Fraud Se SSN NAA DOB 2010-04-08 00:00:00 UTC Organization reports incident 2010-04-08 00:00:00 UTC Lawsuit filed Inside - Malicious 1 Cortisol 197 false H&R Block HRB 2012-05-08T20:48:23Z

Tax preparer steals customers tax details to file false claims

H&R Block Winona, Minnesota, has a serious problem with a data breach. Ask Kelly Pearson, District Manager, about the terminated office manager she fired on May 1, 2009, for illegal disclosure of financial data. The terminated office manager, Becky Erdmann, is now a franchise owner of the very office she was terminated from. Watch out because your privacy is at risk at H&R Block. 2010-04-15 11:59:57 UTC H&R Block Winona Mall in Winona Minnesota is now owned by a five-person partnership called "Tax Smart LLC of Winona". The five partners are Craig Zeches, Sal Farner-Woxland, Sarah Beall, Larry Bartelson, and Becky Erdmann. Becky Erdmann was terminated by district manager Kelly Pearson and human resource field manager Jeff Rigler for a serious data breach of client information on May 1, 2009. H&R Block has now put all client data in jeopardy by allowing Becky Erdmann back into the company as part of Tax Smart LLC of Winona. On November 24, 2009, Kelly Pearson along with Mike Duncan welcomed Becky Edrmann back into the company with full knowledge that she was terminated for illegal disclosure of confidential client tax information. 2010-04-28 14:41:28 UTC Steve Carlton, the Human Resource Field Manager for H&R Block who works out of LeMont, Illinois, did not find it necessary to terminate Becky Erdmann's franchisee status after it was brought to his attention that Ms. Erdmann slipped back into the company under the cover of "Tax Smart LLC of Winona". Mr. Carlton also does not believe that H&R Block had any obligation to notify the public about the data breach for which Ms. Erdmann was terminated on May 1, 2009. H&R Block just won't take any responsibility for putting the public at risk of further illegal data disclosures in Winona, Minnesota, area. 2010-05-03 12:39:18 UTC Lawsuit filed in state court: Sharon HAWA and Kevin and Deborah Johns v. H&R BLOCK TAX and Business Services 2010 WL 1618920 (N.Y.Sup.) 2011-03-28 14:29:23 UTC

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