http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/1072332.html



By Andrew McIntosh 

Sacbee.com

July 10, 2008



A state worker recently married to a member of the Mexican Mafia who is 

in Corcoran State Prison for a gang murder is herself under 

investigation for downloading more than 5,000 names, addresses and 

Social Security numbers belonging to Department of Consumer Affairs 

staff, The Bee has learned.



The Department of Consumer Affairs disclosed that it suffered a data 

security breach last month, but at the time released few details about 

the incident.



Officials sent a letter to employees, warning them to watch their credit 

for signs of identity theft, offering them free credit reports and 

$25,000 worth of fraud insurance.



Court documents obtained by The Bee show the department's own 

investigators have raided the Sacramento home of Rachael Rivas 

Dumbrique, a 32-year-old former Consumer Affairs personnel specialist, 

as part of an ongoing criminal investigation.



Investigators are looking at why Dumbrique copied a confidential data 

roster with employee names, addresses and Social Security numbers and 

then shipped it to a private e-mail account on her last day of work at 

Consumer Affairs in June. They also want to know if her gang-linked 

husband had any involvement, the court documents show.



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Received on Fri Jul 11 2008 - 02:36:15 PDT