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December 28, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently issued its report on False Claims Act cases for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2018. In the report, DOJ cited James Hoyer’s case against Prime Healthcare as an example of DOJ’s efforts to hold individuals accountable for fraud: Prime Healthcare Services Inc., Prime Healthcare Foundation Inc., and Prime […]
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November 07, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The IRS might be hampering its own whistleblower program by not implementing policies and procedures to incentivize whistleblower rewards. Since 2007, the IRS Whistleblower Program has helped collect $3.6 billion, from which whistleblowers received anywhere from 15 percent to 20 percent of the proceeds of an individual funds recovery. The problem, according to the Government […]
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October 31, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued its annual report this month. The 31-page document evidences the CFTC’s heightened anti-fraud efforts and the increased rewards that we are seeing for those who come forward to report fraud through the CFTC Whistleblower Program that has resulted in almost $100 million in rewards. Some highlights for 2018 […]
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October 15, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
(L to R) Elaine Stromgren, Susan Gouinlock, Sean Keefe, Kristen Folding James Hoyer partner Elaine Stromgren had the honor of leading a panel on statistical sampling at this year’s annual Taxpayers Against Fraud conference in Washington D.C. Statistical sampling can be an essential tool in False Claims Act cases, especially when the fraud is too […]
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October 10, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A powerful investigative report appearing on several Florida TV stations is exposing the alarming problem of medical equipment fraud, which costs taxpayers billions of dollars every year. (Watch the report above.) James Hoyer clients Codi Fletcher & Daniel Yarbrough interviewed for investigative report (Photo courtesy: WPTV) Two whistleblowers represented by the James Hoyer law […]
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October 04, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Karin Berntsen James Hoyer, P.A. is proud to announce that our client Karin Berntsen was named Whistleblower of the Year at the annual Taxpayers Against Fraud awards dinner, in Washington, D.C. This marks the second time in the past three years that a James Hoyer client has been bestowed with this great honor. Ms. Berntsen […]
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October 01, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Dave Scher & David Haron James Hoyer, P.A. is pleased to announce that it is expanding its presence to Washington D.C. and Michigan with two recent additions. First, attorney Dave Scher, principal at The Employment Law Group for the past decade, is joining the firm as partner and will lead our new Washington, D.C. office […]
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September 06, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
There is presently a disagreement among federal courts as to the scope of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) anti-fraud and anti-manipulation authority under the Dodd-Frank Act. The CFTC’s primary focus has always been on swaps and commodity futures contracts governed by the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). However, the CFTC has also historically had anti-fraud and […]
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August 15, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Post Acute Medical, LLC, a Pennsylvania-based operator of long‑term care and rehabilitation hospitals across the country, and certain affiliated entities through which the company operates its facilities (collectively, “PAM”), have agreed to pay the United States, Texas, and Louisiana a total of $13,168,000 to resolve claims that they violated the False Claims Act, and the […]
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August 08, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced multiple whistleblower awards totaling more than $45 million. The awards demonstrate the growing success of the CFTC’s Whistleblower Program, in particular, the increasing volume and complexity of incoming whistleblower submissions. Section 748 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 created the CFTC’s Whistleblower Program. […]
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August 08, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Payday lending class action settlement profiled in report on WFLA channel 8 in Tampa. Watch the video to see the story. James Hoyer Partner Jesse Hoyer is interviewed. Long-awaited Settlement: $4.3 million payday lending class action settlement After a nearly two decade long battle, a $4.3 million class action settlement is returning thousands of […]
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August 03, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Whistleblower’s Fearless 7-Year Pursuit of Justice: Los Angeles, CA- August 3, 2018— The 5th largest for-profit hospital system in the country has agreed to pay $65 million to settle civil charges of healthcare fraud against the government. Prime Healthcare has also agreed to abide by a Corporate Integrity Agreement with strict requirements and oversight to […]
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