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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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ICU Nurse Steals Fentanyl IV Bags at Research Medical Center
2020-06-18
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Missouri Kansas City, Missouri |
ICU nurse, HCA Research Medical Center (Kansas City, MO) | Compounded fentanyl IV bag | Ordered fentanyl IV bag under a false name/pretense, extracted the drug, refilled bag with an unknown liquid | not stated | Pleaded guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud | none documented | source |
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Pain clinic physician indicted for prescribing fentanyl, oxycodone and other controlled substances without patient examinations
2018-06
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Ohio Hamilton, OH |
Cincinnati Centers for Pain Relief | fentanyl, oxycodone, methadone, morphine | Charged by indictment with unlawful distribution of controlled substances: allegedly prescribing fentanyl, oxycodone, methadone, morphine and other controlled substances on many occasions without patients actually being seen by the physician, and billing Medicare, Medicaid and the Bureau of Workers' Compensation for medically unnecessary prescriptions; also alleged to have received payments from a pharmaceutical company for sham speaking engagements about a fentanyl spray. | not stated | Federal grand jury indictment: 88 counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, one count of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance with death resulting, eight counts of health care fraud and 17 counts of violating the anti-kickback law. Charges only; no finding or plea reported. | none documented | source |
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ED Nurse Transmits Hepatitis C to Patients at Good Samaritan Hospital
2018-05
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Washington Puyallup, Washington |
ED nurse, Good Samaritan Hospital (Puyallup, WA) | Hydromorphone and fentanyl vials | Diverted injectable narcotics for personal use, reused contaminated needles on patients, exposing 12 to hepatitis C | not stated | Pleaded guilty Sept 5, 2023 to tampering with a consumer product; faced up to 10 years | $4,000,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Utah Prescriber Faces License Action Over Opioid Diversion (2005)
2005
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Utah Utah |
Prescriber - dentist (D.D.S.) (Utah) | Fentanyl, meperidine | Charge as worded in the source: Unlawful Possession or Use of a Controlled Substance, to wit: Demerol, a felony of the third degree | not stated | Pleaded guilty; licensing action (2005) | none documented | source |
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- Drug: stated in 858 of 931 cases (92%)
- Method: stated in 675 of 931 cases (73%)
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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.