( October 29, 2024, 9:45 AM EDT) -- HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut state court judge awarded the state of Connecticut $39,254,239.20 in damages and penalties in a suit against Florida-based Assured Rx LLC and its former owner and operator asserting claims pursuant to the Connecticut False Claims Act related to the defendants’ alleged kickback scheme that involved paying customers to obtain prescriptions for compound drugs made and distributed by Assured, finding that Assured knowingly caused the submission of false claims for reimbursement to a state insurance plan....