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June 20, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A durable medical equipment store owner who provided false documents to the United States Attorney’s Office during a civil False Claims Act investigation pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids. James O’Connor, 64, from West Des Moines, Iowa, was convicted of one count of Making and Using False Documents, in violation of 18 […]
Learn MoreJune 14, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Misr Sons Development S.A.E. (Hassan Allam Sons, “HAS”), a construction company with its principal place of business in Cairo, Egypt, has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle allegations that HAS submitted false claims in connection with U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contracts, the Justice Department announced today. “Contractors who misrepresent their eligibility for government contracts […]
Learn MoreJune 14, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A doctor and his chiropractor son admitted conspiring to defraud Medicare by using unqualified people to give physical therapy to Medicare recipients, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced. Robert Claude McGrath D.O., 65, and his son Robert Christopher McGrath, 47, both of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, each pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert […]
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June 13, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Acting Assistant Attorney General Chad A. Readler recently told Congress that False Claims Act (“FCA”) cases continue to be the most effective means of combating fraud and protecting the federal fisc. In his testimony before the Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial & Antitrust Law, Readler announced that since 1986, FCA cases have recovered […]
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May 31, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
In this blog post we will briefly outline the major components of the SEC Whistleblower Program (“Program”) including the process of submitting a claim, notices of covered actions and their link to financial recovery, and finally the necessity to retain experienced counsel in order to protect your rights. SEC Whistleblower Program The Dodd-Frank Act (“Act”) […]
Learn MoreMay 31, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The James Hoyer law firm served as local counsel in a whistleblower case against Freedom Health, which provides managed care services. Freedom agreed to pay a total of $32.5 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in illegal schemes to maximize payments from the government for it’s Medicare Advantage plans. Here is the Department of […]
Learn MoreMay 17, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
A high level whistleblower who worked for UnitedHealth Group says his company and other insurers have been bilking taxpayers by gaming the system to get higher payments. Benjamin Poehling, a former finance director with United Health, told the New York Times the insurers falsely make it appear that some seniors are sicker than they truly are […]
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April 27, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Dr. Judy Robinson with Tyler & Koger families. A whistleblower suit filed by Dr. Judith Robinson under the False Claims Act has led to an $18 million settlement with two of Indiana’s largest health care providers. Indiana University Health and HealthNet have agreed to pay $18 million to the federal government and State of Indiana […]
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April 19, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether an Atlanta-based hedge fund is violating federal securities laws by guaranteeing to its investors that they won’t lose money. Statim Holdings Inc., headed by Joseph Meyer, Jr., is the parent company for Arjun LP, a hedge fund that previously ranked eighth among hedge funds with between $250 […]
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April 11, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The ABC station in Orlando profiles our payday lending class action case which is finally moving forward after nearly 20 years. Click on the video above to watch the story. Justice could be nearing after almost two decades. The James Hoyer law firm is part of a team of lawyers on this important payday lending […]
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April 03, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The fight against fraud received some significant help last week when Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Wyden introduced legislation geared to strengthen the IRS Whistleblower program. If passed into law, the IRS Whistleblower Improvements Act of 2017 will provide greater protections to whistleblowers from employer retaliation and will also foster greater communications between the IRS […]
Learn MoreMarch 29, 2017 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Ron Wyden today introduced bipartisan legislation to improve IRS communication with tax fraud whistleblowers and protect those whistleblowers from workplace retaliation, they announced in a news release. “Whistleblowers have helped the IRS recover more than $3 billion for the taxpayers that otherwise would have been lost to fraud,” Grassley said. […]
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