2018 Press Releases

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• 9/11/2018 State Sues Florida-Based Compound Pharmacy, Former and Current State Employees, Alleging Illegal Kickback Scheme

  The state has initiated a lawsuit alleging violations of the Connecticut False Claims Act orchestrated through a kickback pyramid scheme involving a Florida-based compounding pharmacy and several individuals, including former and current Connecticut state employees, whose prescription drug costs are covered by the taxpayer-funded Connecticut Pharmacy Benefit Plan, Attorney General George Jepsen said today.

• 7/17/2018 Gov. Malloy, AG Jepsen: Connecticut Joins Lawsuit to Protect State Taxpayers from Drastic Cut in State and Local Tax Deduction

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Attorney General George Jepsen today announced that Connecticut has joined a lawsuit to protect the state and its taxpayers from Washington’s drastic curtailment of the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction.

• 7/10/2018 State Reaches False Claims Act Settlement with Norwich Behavioral Health Practice

  A Norwich behavioral health practice and its co-owners, a mother and her daughter who are both licensed behavioral health clinicians, have agreed to a $300,000 settlement to resolve alleged violations of Connecticut's False Claims Act, Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner Roderick L. Bremby said today.

• 2/16/2018 Gov. Malloy, Attorney General Jepsen and Commissioner Klee Statements on the EPA's Denial of Clean Air Petition

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Attorney General George Jepsen, and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Commissioner Robert Klee released the following statements following the proposed decision of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deny Connecticut’s Clean Air Act Section 126 petition related to the Brunner Island Power Plant:

• 3/15/2018 AG Jepsen Urges Legislative Committee to End Fees for Credit Freezes in Connecticut

  In testimony submitted to the General Assembly's Banks Committee today, Attorney General George Jepsen gave his support to legislation that would prohibit the country's three credit rating agencies from charging fees to place, temporarily lift or remove credit security freezes.

• 3/6/2018 AG Jepsen Joins Coalition Calling on Education Secretary to Reject Weakened Student Borrower Defense Rules

  Attorney General George Jepsen has joined with 19 other state attorneys general in urging federal Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to reject proposals that would significantly limit the ability of students who have been victimized by predatory for-profit schools to discharge their student loan debt.

• 4/26/2018 State Files False Claims Act Lawsuit against East Hartford Behavioral Health Provider

  The state has filed a lawsuit against an East Hartford-based licensed clinical social worker and her company alleging that they billed the state's Medicaid program for services that were not provided to Medicaid recipients, in violation of the Connecticut False Claims Act, Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner Roderick L. Bremby said today.

• 4/27/2018 Conn. Reaches Joint State-Federal False Claims Act Settlement with New Haven, Bridgeport Behavioral Health Provider

  A behavioral health and substance abuse treatment provider with locations in New Haven and Bridgeport and its owners have agreed to pay $1,378,533 to resolve a joint state-federal investigation into allegations that they submitted false claims for payment to Connecticut's Medicaid program, Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Social Services Commissioner Roderick L. Bremby said today.

• 6/18/2018 State Reaches Settlement in False Claims Act Lawsuit against Waterbury Behavioral Health Provider

  The state has reached a $200,000 settlement with a Waterbury behavioral health clinician, along with two behavioral health practices he owns or controls, that resolves a lawsuit alleging the providers engaged in a long-term scheme to defraud Connecticut's Medicaid program.

• 6/21/2018 State Initiates False Claims Act, Breach of Contract Lawsuit against Norwich Behavioral Health Provider

  The state has initiated a lawsuit alleging violations of the Connecticut False Claims Act and breach of contract by a licensed professional counselor from Norwich who is accused of billing the state's Medicaid program for services not provided, Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Social Services Commissioner Roderick L. Bremby said today.

• 12/20/2018 Conn. Initiates Lawsuit against Stamford-based Purdue Pharma, Executives and Board for Company's Role in Opioid Crisis

  Attorney General George Jepsen today announced that the state has initiated a lawsuit against Stamford, Conn.-based Purdue Pharma L.P., Purdue Pharma Inc., and several current and former members of Purdue's management and board of directors alleging that they designed, financed and waged a pervasive and aggressive campaign to mislead doctors and patients, claiming that prescription opioid medications manufactured and marketed by the company were safe and effective and strategically downplaying risks of addiction that they knew were inherent in their opioid products.

• 1/16/2018 AG Jepsen: Conn. Joins Multistate Petition Asking Federal Appeals Court to Overturn FCC's Net Neutrality Repeal

  Connecticut has joined with 20 other states and the District of Columbia in asking a federal appeals court to overturn the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rollback of net neutrality rules, Attorney General George Jepsen said today.

• 5/15/2018 AG Jepsen Names New Head of Employment Rights Department

  Attorney General George Jepsen today announced that he has named Assistant Attorney General Erik T. Lohr as head of his office's Employment Rights Department.

• 12/21/2018 AG Jepsen: States Reach $68M Settlement with UBS for LIBOR Manipulation

  Under a $68 million multistate settlement agreement, UBS AG will pay $64.6 million in restitution to government and nonprofit entities for its manipulation of benchmark interest rates in the lead up to and early days of the financial crisis, Attorney General George Jepsen announced today.

• 7/3/2018 Conn. Enters Joint State-Federal False Claims Act Settlement with Waterford Behavioral Health Provider

  The state and federal governments have reached a joint settlement resolving allegations that a Waterford psychologist submitted false claims for behavioral health services she never provided to her Connecticut Medicaid patients, Attorney General George Jepsen and Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner Roderick L. Bremby said today.