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Arizona pharmacist and technician sentenced for diverting over 200,000 opioid tablets through two Phoenix-area pharmacies
2018-11-30
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Arizona | Two pharmacist-owned retail pharmacies in the Phoenix metro area | Oxycodone, hydrocodone, alprazolam, promethazine with codeine | not stated | Pharmacist (pharmacy owner) and pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Phoenix-Area Pharmacist and Technician Diverted More Than 200,000 Opioid Tablets from Two Pharmacies
2018-11-28
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Arizona Peoria / Phoenix, AZ |
Two retail pharmacies, Phoenix metro area, AZ | Oxycodone, hydrocodone, alprazolam, and promethazine with codeine | Processed fraudulent prescriptions through two pharmacies to distribute over 200,000 opioid tablets and thousands of alprazolam tablets into the community | not stated | Convicted of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and launder proceeds; sentenced Nov 28, 2018, to 120 months (pharmacist) and 48 months (technician) in prison | none documented | source |
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Hospital pharmacy technician diverted hydrocodone and oxycodone from a pharmacy vault through fraudulent automated dispensing transactions
2018-10
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Hawaii | Tripler Army Medical Center | hydrocodone and oxycodone (Schedule II controlled substances) | Stole 8,505 pills, each containing 5 milligrams of either hydrocodone or oxycodone, from the hospital's pharmacy vault between February 2017 and March 2018, using her authorized fingerprint and unique login to conduct 82 fraudulent transactions in the hospital's new automated medication distribution and tracking system, which she found did not require a valid prescription to dispense medication to patients being discharged; gave the pills to her boyfriend for his personal use and used some herself. | not stated | Sentenced to 12 months in jail plus six years of court supervision; pleaded guilty in June to one count each of possessing with intent to distribute hydrocodone and oxycodone; had repaid $1,033 to the hospital before sentencing. | none documented | source |
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Las Vegas nurse practitioner and surgical technician pleaded guilty to distributing hydrocodone and oxycodone prescriptions for cash
2018-10
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Nevada | Parking lots in the Las Vegas Valley; prescriptions written on the nurse practitioner's pad with a physician's pre-signed DEA number | Hydrocodone and oxycodone | not stated | Advanced practice registered nurse and a surgical technician without a medical or DEA license | not stated | none documented | source |
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Long Island pharmacy chain settled claims it failed to timely report controlled substance losses and thefts
2018-06-28
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New York | Pharmacy stores in Nassau and Suffolk counties, Long Island | Hydrocodone and other controlled substances | not stated | Retail pharmacy chain | not stated | none documented | source |
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Springfield chain pharmacy technician admitted stealing thousands of hydrocodone tablets over nine months
2018-04-19
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Illinois | Chain retail pharmacy, Springfield | Hydrocodone tablets | not stated | Pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Meridian nurse practitioner pleaded guilty to swapping hydrocodone in clinic cabinets for muscle relaxants and forging prescriptions
2018-03-14
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Idaho | Multi-site medical facility in Idaho | Hydrocodone/APAP | not stated | Nurse practitioner | not stated | none documented | source |
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Arizona Pharmacist Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2018)
2018
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Arizona Arizona |
Pharmacist who owned Scottsdale Health Pharmacy and V-Estrella Pharmacy (Arizona) | More than 200,000 oxycodone and hydrocodone tablets | Details are limited to what the source states; see the summary above | not stated | Sentenced (2018) to 120 months in prison | none documented | source |
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