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July 26, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico recently announced the enactment of House Bill 1627, simultaneously enacting a Puerto Rican False Claims Act and authorizing the establishment of a Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. The new law allows whistleblowers to report any fraudulent act against the Puerto Rican government. The act allows Puerto Rico to join the 30 […]
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July 23, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently announced a whistleblower award of more than $70,000 to a foreign whistleblower, a first of its kind award for a foreign individual who significantly contributed to an ongoing CFTC investigation that led the CFTC to a successful settlement. It’s the sixth award to a whistleblower who provided valuable […]
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July 12, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced its largest-ever whistleblower award of approximately $30 million today. The CFTC wrote that the whistleblower “voluntarily provided key original information that led to a successful enforcement action.” The award is the fifth CFTC whistleblower award and a great reminder of the program’s commitment to anonymity, as the CFTC […]
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July 09, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
New CBS program. Premieres on Friday, July 13th, 8pm. The courageous stories of whistleblowers are about to get some national recognition. CBS is launching a new true-crime series that takes a look at the contributions of whistleblowers in helping to stop fraud against the government. The name of the program is Whistleblower. CBS says Whistleblower […]
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July 02, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The Department of Justice recently settled two cases involving alleged violations of the False Claims Act by healthcare providers. The Department of Justice issued a press release on June 25th stating that Caris Healthcare, L.P. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Caris Healthcare, LLC, a for-profit hospice chain that operates in Tennessee, Virginia, and South Carolina, have […]
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June 29, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
2013 IRE Panel on Whistleblowers From left: Angie Moreschi, David Corn, Pia Malbran James Hoyer Investigator and Communications Director Angie Moreschi was a speaker at this year’s 2013 Investigative Reporters and Editors’ Conference in San Antonio, Texas. IRE is a grassroots, non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of investigative reporting. Many of the country’s […]
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June 29, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Yesterday Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivered remarks on the Department of Justice’s nationwide effort to charge more than 600 individuals with health care fraud related to the opioid crisis. This is the most significant effort yet in the administration’s quest to stem the opioid epidemic. Hopefully, the Department will continue to take an active interest […]
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June 28, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The SEC voted today to propose amendments to its SEC Whistleblower Program rules. The SEC Whistleblower Program was established in 2010 and provides that if an individual presents the SEC with original information concerning a violation of federal securities laws leading to an enforcement action that results in over $1 million in monetary sanctions, that […]
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June 21, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The American Bar Association (“ABA”), the regulatory body that oversees law school accreditation across the country, has recently been sued by the Florida Coastal School of Law, the now-defunct Charlotte School of Law, and most recently Arizona Summit Law School. All three for-profit law schools are owned by InfiLaw System LLC, a for-profit consortium of […]
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June 14, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
At a recent ABA conference on the Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement, the Acting Associate Attorney General, Jesse Panuccio, delivered remarks touching on a wide range of qui tam issues and Department of Justice policies including the Department’s enforcement priorities, dismissal discretion, view on sub-regulatory guidance, and intra-agency cooperation among others. The […]
Learn MoreJune 05, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The mastermind of a $24 million scheme to take advantage of veterans and active duty military will spend 5 years in jail after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Ed4Mil President David Alvey was criminally charged after a whistleblower suit filed by James Hoyer client Adam Boyce. Alvey conspired with former Assistant Dean […]
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May 18, 2018 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Al Scudieri (Center- 5th from the right) stands next to FBI Director Christopher Wray during a recent meeting in Washington D.C. with former agents. James Hoyer law firm Chief Investigator Al Scudieri recently had the honor of meeting with FBI Director Christopher Wray in Washington D.C. AL is the former Supervisor of the FBI White […]
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