Man accused in 2023 Geisinger data breach case faces more charges pennlivecom

pWILLIAMSPORT Two counts of false statement have been added to the charge against a California man accused in the 2023 Geisinger Health System data breach caseppA superseding indictment returned Tuesday in the US Middle District Court accuses Max Vance of falsely telling FBI agents in January 2024 that he had not downloaded or placed on personal devices unauthorized datappVance of El Cajon had been indicted that same month on a charge of obtaining information from a protected computer He is detained awaiting trial on that chargeppThe former Philadelphia area resident is accused of intentionally accessing without authorization and obtaining information on more than 13 million Geisinger patientsppThat information included name date of birth address admit and discharge code medical record number race gender phone number and care locationppVance was a former principal healthcare interface engineer with a division of Nuance Communications Inc a Microsoft company based in Burlington Massachusetts that provides information technology services to hospitals and major companiesppGeisinger discovered the breach on Nov 29 2023 but patients were not notified until June 24 2024 It claims it delayed notification so as not to hinder a federal investigationppAssistant US Attorney Kyle A Mareno at a court hearing last February alleged Vance did the following after Microsoft on Nov 27 2023 fired him for unrelated misconductppVance changed his name legally from Andre Burk to Vance in Montgomery County in November 2021 and moved to California the following MarchppSince returning to Pennsylvania after being indicted Vance who is representing himself has filed numerous motions seeking his release suppression of evidence and complaining about conditions at the Lycoming County PrisonppMultiple civil suits have been filed against Geisinger and Nuance in which victims claim the delay in advising them of the data breach increased the possibility of identity theft ppIn November Judge Matthew W Brann gave preliminary approval of a 5 million settlement in a class action suit in which he certified membership in the class as 1308363ppppWilliamsport native John Beauge obtained a bachelors degree in journalism from Penn State and a masters from Northwestern University He was photo editor of the Daily Collegian his senior year at Penn State moreppUse of andor registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement updated 812024 and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy and Your Privacy Choices and Rights updated 112026pp 2026 Advance Local Media LLC All rights reserved About Us The material on this site may not be reproduced distributed transmitted cached or otherwise used except with the prior written permission of Advance LocalppCommunity Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this siteppYouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available hereppAd Choicesp