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Justice Department Poised to Join Whistleblower Suit Against Lance Armstrong

January 15, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Justice Department officials have recommended joining a federal whistleblower lawsuit aimed at clawing back sponsorship money from former professional cyclist Lance Armstrong, according to people familiar with the matter. The Justice Department has been weighing the matter since 2010, when the suit was filed by Armstrong’s former teammate Floyd Landis. All whistleblower suits are kept […]

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Victory Pharma to pay $11.4 Million in Whistleblower Case

January 14, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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An $11.4 million settlement resolved a whistleblower lawsuit against Victory Pharma, a specialty pharmaceutical company headquartered in San Diego.  The company was accused of promoting its drugs by paying kickbacks to doctors to induce them to write more prescriptions.  The kickbacks included everything from tickets to sporting events to concert tickets to spa outings and […]

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James Hoyer Partner Announces $15.3 Million Whistleblower Settlement

January 07, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Partner Elaine Stromgren Florida-based American Sleep Medicine LLC has agreed to pay $15.3 million to settle allegations that it inappropriately billed government health care programs–  including Medicare, the Railroad Retirement Medicare Program, and the military health care program TRICARE– for sleep diagnostic services.  The United States Department of Justice announced the settlement today. The James […]

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James Hoyer Client Interviewed in Investigative Report on For-profit Colleges

January 07, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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A hard hitting story on WFTS TV, the ABC station in Tampa, exposed questionable practices in recruiting and job placement at the 2nd largest for-profit college company in the nation, Education Management Corporation, known as EDMC. The company is at the center of a whistleblower lawsuit filed by former EDMC Admissions Representative Jason Sobek, who […]

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Owner of Detroit Adult Day Care Centers Pleads Guilty in Connection with Medicare Psychotherapy Fraud Scheme

January 04, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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WASHINGTON – The owner of several Detroit-area adult day care centers pleaded guilty today for her role in a $13.2 million psychotherapy fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Barbara L. McQuade, Special Agent in Charge Robert D. Foley […]

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For-Profit Nursing Homes Lead in Overcharging While Care Suffers

January 02, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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A report by federal health care inspectors in November said the U.S. nursing home industry overbills Medicare $1.5 billion a year for treatments patients don’t need or never receive. Not disclosed was how much worse it is when providers have a profit motive. Thirty per cent of claims sampled from for- profit homes were deemed […]

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Victory Pharma Inc. of San Diego Pays $11.4 Million to Resolve Kickback Allegations in Connection with Promotion of Its Drugs

January 02, 2013 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Victory Pharma Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company headquartered in San Diego, has agreed to pay $11,420,743 to resolve federal civil and criminal liability arising from its marketing of the pharmaceutical products Naprelan, Xodol, Fexmid and Dolgic, the Justice Department announced today.   Under the agreement announced today, Victory entered into a deferred prosecution agreement and […]

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Illinois-based Hardware Distributor W.W. Grainger Pays US $70 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

December 27, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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W.W. Grainger Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $70 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims under contracts with the General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Postal Services (USPS), the Department of Justice announced today. Grainger is a national hardware distributor headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois. Grainger entered into a […]

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UBS Admits Fraud, Agrees To Pay $1.5 Billion To Settle Libor Rigging Charges

December 19, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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ZURICH Dec 19 (Reuters) – Swiss bank UBS was hit with a $1.5 billion bill and admitted to fraud on Wednesday in order to settle charges of manipulating global benchmark interest rates. The penalty agreed with U.S., UK and Swiss regulators is more than three times the $450 million fine levied on Britain’s Barclays in […]

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Los Angeles-area Pastor Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering and Conspiring with Doctors to Defraud Medicare of More Than $11 Million

December 18, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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WASHINGTON — A Los Angeles-area church pastor pleaded guilty today to conspiring with doctors, the operators of fraudulent medical clinics, street-level patient recruiters and others to defraud Medicare of more than $11 million, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney André Birotte Jr. of the Central District […]

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Pfizer Agrees to Pay $55 Million for Illegally Promoting Protonix for Off-Label Use

December 13, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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Pfizer Inc. will pay $55 million plus interest to resolve allegations that Wyeth LLC illegally introduced and caused the introduction into interstate commerce of a misbranded drug, Protonix, between February 2000 and June 2001, the Justice Department announced today. Wyeth manufactured and promoted Protonix tablets. Protonix is a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) that was used […]

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Brooklyn, N.Y., Physician and Clinic President Pleads Guilty to Medicare Fraud Scheme

December 11, 2012 | Posted By: Hoyer Law Group, PLLC

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WASHINGTON – A medical doctor and the president of two Brooklyn, N.Y., medical clinics pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme resulting in more than $11.7 million in fraudulent Medicare claims, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. According to court documents, Ho Yon Kim, 86, of […]

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