California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement against pharmaceutical manufacturer QOL Medical and Frederick E. Cooper, the company’s Chief Executive Officer for submitting false claims to the Medicaid program and other government healthcare programs. The settlement resolves allegations that QOL engaged in a kickback scheme between 2018 and 2022, by providing free Carbon-13 (“C13”) test kits to providers then using the test results to sell their drug, Sucraid. This resulted in some patients taking Sucraid even though it wasn’t medically necessary. As a part of the settlement, QOL and Cooper, will pay a total of $47 million to resolve federal and state violations of various fraud and kickback statutes, with the State of California receiving $384,406.