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Law, Accounting & Taxes

Boost OC program awards $3.25M in gift cards for area businesses

UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County recently wrapped up its Boost OC vaccination-incentive program, awarding $3.25 million to residents in the form of gift cards redeemable at a variety of area businesses. The program launched in September, using $2.5 million in federal American Rescue Act funding to issue $100 gift cards to county residents who received

The Summit FCU donates $3,000 to Syracuse PAL

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Summit Federal Credit Union (FCU) on Jan. 14 donated $3,000 to the Syracuse Police Athletic/Activities League (PAL) in an event held at the Syracuse Police Department.  The presentation was arranged to follow and acknowledge National Law Enforcement Day on Jan. 9, the Summit said. Syracuse PAL partners with the Syracuse Police

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NYAG: EyeMed to pay $600K after 2020 data breach

New York Attorney General Letitia names has fined EyeMed Vision Care $600,000 in an agreement that resolves a 2020 data breach that compromised the personal information of about 2.1 million consumers nationwide, including 98,632 people in New York.  Cincinnati, Ohio–based EyeMed — which provides vision benefits to members of vision plans offered by both licensed

Identity fraud predicted to grow in 2022

The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) predicts that cyberthreats will shift from identity theft to identity fraud in 2022, especially through pandemic-related identity crimes. “In 2021, we saw threat actors become more targeted and strategic,” Eva Velazquez, president and CEO of ITRC, said in a release. “We saw them strike with social engineering scams like Google Voice

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