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October 24, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
The U.S. government filed a civil lawsuit against Bank of America Corp., alleging the second-biggest U.S. bank by assets saddled taxpayers with losses by misrepresenting the quality of home loans it sold to the mortgage investors Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The action, filed Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan, seeks at least $1 billion […]
Learn MoreOctober 23, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
After being found by a federal court to have misused funding intended for HIV/AIDS research, Weill Cornell Medical College paid the government and a whistleblower about $1.6 million on Friday, according to an attorney for the lawsuit’s plaintiff. In 2003, former Cornell research fellow Dr. Daniel Feldman alleged in a formal complaint that WCMC researchers spent […]
Learn MoreOctober 23, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Positive news for a whistleblower represented by the James Hoyer Law Firm in a case against Education Management Corporation (EDMC), the 2nd largest for-profit college provider in the country. Magistrate Judge Cynthia Reed Eddy, of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, recommends that the case move forward on several key counts. […]
Learn MoreOctober 16, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
WASHINGTON – The administrator of CardioMax EMS, a Houston-based ambulance company, pleaded guilty today to charges that he submitted approximately $1,734,550 in fraudulent claims to Medicare, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas; Special Agent-In-Charge Elvis McBride of the […]
Learn MoreOctober 12, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
WASHINGTON – The former owners of a durable medical equipment (DME) wholesale company located in Ontario, Calif., were arrested late yesterday at Los Angeles International Airport in connection with a DME fraud scheme that resulted in the submission of over $16.6 million in false claims to Medicare and are expected to appear this afternoon in […]
Learn MoreOctober 10, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) was sued by the U.S. for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages over claims the bank made reckless mortgage loans that caused losses for a federal insurance program when they defaulted. The complaint filed yesterday in federal court in New York, which alleges misconduct spanning more than a decade […]
Learn MoreOctober 08, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
WASHINGTON – A Los Angeles medical equipment supplier, who submitted almost $1 million in false claims to Medicare for expensive, high-end power wheelchairs, was sentenced today to serve 30 months in prison, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney André Birotte Jr. of the Central District of […]
Learn MoreOctober 04, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
WASHINGTON – Miami-area residents Dr. Mark Willner and Dr. Alberto Ayala, former medical directors at the mental health care company American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), were each sentenced today to 10 years in prison for participating in a $205 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; […]
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October 02, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Al Scudieri bangs the gavel after being sworn in as the new President of the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI. James Hoyer Lead Investigator Al Scudieri banged the gavel signaling the start of his term as the 2012-13 President of the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI. Scudieri was sworn […]
Learn MoreSeptember 24, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
SEATTLE (AP) — A French-owned telecommunications company has agreed to pay $4.2 million to settle a whistleblower’s lawsuit over the testing of a 911-style emergency response system in Iraq, the Justice Department said Friday. Lucent Technologies World Services Inc., a subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, was awarded a $250 million U.S. Army contract to build the system […]
Learn MoreSeptember 21, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
WASHINGTON – A Detroit-area doctor was charged and arrested today in the Eastern District of Michigan for his alleged leading role in a $40 million Medicare fraud scheme involving physician home visits and home health services, announced the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the FBI and the HHS-Office of […]
Learn MoreSeptember 12, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
WASHINGTON – A patient recruiter for several Louisiana durable medical equipment (DME) companies was sentenced today to serve 18 months in prison for her role in a Medicare fraud scheme involving fraudulent claims and illegal kickback payments for unnecessary DME, announced the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the FBI […]
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