State Sues Compounding Pharmacy Over $11 Million Kickback Scheme

The state of Connecticut has filed a lawsuit against a Florida-based compounding pharmacy and more than a dozen state employees over a kickback scheme that cost the state almost $11 million. “The fraud we are alleging in this lawsuit is simply egregious,” state Attorney General George Jepsen in a statement, according to a local news report. The state alleges that Assured Rx, a Florida compounding pharmacy that holds a non-resident pharmacy license in Connecticut, conspired with retired state employee Nicholas Maulucci and his former spouse, Lisette Maulucci, in a scheme to fi...