Kentucky-based Lusk Mechanical Contractors and Commonwealth Technologies, and their owners, Harry Lusk and Wendell Goodman, have agreed to pay $6.25 million to resolve allegations that they submitted false statements to the Small Business Administration and false...
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James Hoyer Associate Provides Insight about Antics in Lottery Murder Trial
Drama has been a part of the proceedings in the trial of Florida Lotto murder suspect DeeDee Moore. She is accused of killing lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare in February 2010. During her trial, Moore has repeatedly made faces and gestures, which have led to...
Gallup accused of bilking government
The Justice Department accused the Gallup Organization on Wednesday of bilking federal agencies out of millions of dollars by routinely inflating prices for contracts. The 57-page civil complaint says that Gallup, the world’s best-known polling organization, inflated...
For-profit College Whistleblower Interviewed on ABC World News
Whistleblower Jason Sobek The whistleblower case against for-profit college giant Education Management Corporation (EDMC) was profiled in an investigative report on ABC World News. James Hoyer Client Jason Sobek was interviewed and explained why he came forward to...
Baylor University Medical to Pay More Than $900,000 for False Medicare Claims for Radiation Oncology Services
Baylor University Medical Center, Baylor Health Care System and HealthTexas Provider Network (collectively, Baylor) have agreed to pay the United States $907,355 to settle allegations that Baylor submitted false claims to Medicare, the Civilian Health and Medical...
Days after dropping suit, U.S. sues KBR over Iraq trailer costs
Nov 19 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said Monday that it had sued KBR Inc, accusing the company and a Kuwaiti subcontractor of improperly charging the federal government for the costs of delivering and installing trailers for troops in Iraq. The filing of...
James Hoyer Investigator Discusses Transition from Journalism
John Allman – Investigator Many of the investigators at the James Hoyer Law Firm have strong backgrounds as investigative journalists. That’s because every case has facts that need to be uncovered and a story that must be told, and investigative journalists have a...
Two Patient Recruiters Sentenced in Miami for Roles in $50 Million Medicare Fraud
WASHINGTON—Two former patient recruiters for Miami-based mental health clinic Biscayne Milieu Health Care Inc. were sentenced today for their participation in a Medicare fraud scheme involving the submission of more than $50 million in fraudulent billings to Medicare,...
Congress approves stronger whistleblower protections
With a Senate vote Tuesday, Congress gave final approval to legislation strengthening protections for federal whistleblowers. The measure, which advocates have been pushing for more than a decade, now goes to President Obama for his signature. The legislation is...
Medicare paid $1.5 billion in improper therapy claims in 2009
By Chad TerhuneNovember 13, 2012, 10:48 a.m. Medicare paid $1.5 billion in improper claims for skilled nursing care in 2009, federal investigators found. The inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday that 25% of all Medicare claims...