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Boehringer Ingelheim to Pay $95 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

October 26, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Government Alleges Company Improperly Marketed Three Drugs Connecticut-based Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. has agreed to pay $95 million to resolve allegations relating to the improper promotion of the stroke-prevention drug Aggrenox, the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) drugs Atrovent and Combivent, and the hypertension drug Micardis, the Justice Department announced today. The Food and Drug […]

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U.S. Files False Claims Act Action Against Bank Of America

October 24, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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 […]

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Weill Cornell Medical College Defrauded Government, University Pays $1.6 Million

October 23, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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 […]

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Magistrate Judge Recommends Case Against EDMC Move Forward

October 23, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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. […]

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Houston Ambulance Company Administrator Pleads Guilty to Fraud

October 16, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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 […]

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Former Owners of Los Angeles DME Wholesale Company Charged with Participating in $16.6 M Medicare Fraud Scheme

October 12, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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 […]

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U.S. Files Civil Mortgage Fraud Suit Against Wells Fargo

October 10, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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 […]

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Los Angeles Medical Equipment Supplier Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Medicare Fraud

October 08, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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 […]

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Two Miami-Area Doctors Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Participating in $205 Million Medicare Fraud

October 04, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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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James Hoyer Lead Investigator Sworn in as President of Former FBI Agents Society

October 02, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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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 […]

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