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Showing 157 of 931 cases · page 3 of 20.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Facility Administrator Sentenced for Diverting Opioids From Five Senior-Care Facilities
2025-05-28
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Iowa Iowa |
Administrator, five nursing and senior living facilities, Iowa (Sept. 2021-Nov. 2022) | Fentanyl patches, hydrocodone, morphine, oxycodone | Stole medications from facilities' narcotics emergency kits and locked medication carts and rooms | not stated | Sentenced May 28, 2025 to 3 years probation, a $5,000 fine, and $1,975.61 restitution | $5,000 (criminal fine) | source |
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Illinois nursing-facility administrator sentenced to probation for diverting opioids from emergency kits and medication carts
2025-05-28
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Illinois | At least five healthcare facilities (federal case prosecuted in the Southern District of Iowa) | Fentanyl patches, hydrocodone, morphine, oxycodone | not stated | Administrator at nursing and senior living facilities | not stated | none documented | source |
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Pharmacist and Spouse Sentenced for Diverting Opioids From Kentucky Pharmacy
2025-05-05
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Kentucky Franklin, Kentucky |
Pharmacist-owner and spouse, retail pharmacy, Franklin, KY, May 2020-Jan. 2023 | Oxycodone and hydrocodone | Diverted opioids from pharmacy stock for resale/trade; fraudulently billed Medicaid and insurers; falsely reported a robbery to the DEA to explain missing inventory | not stated | Convicted on conspiracy, theft-of-medical-products, unlawful distribution, and health care fraud counts; pharmacist sentenced to 3 years prison plus $17,518.19 restitution, spouse to 2 years plus $5,730.43 restitution | $17,518 (restitution) | source |
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Birmingham-area nursing home nurse diverted hydrocodone tablets; pleaded guilty to theft
2025-02
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Alabama Birmingham, AL |
a Birmingham-area nursing home | hydrocodone | The nurse, responsible for distributing medication to residents, stole opioid tablets from the nursing home. A nurse discovered missing hydrocodone in July 2024, and an investigation found discrepancies involving over 100 hydrocodone tablets over approximately two months. The nurse was terminated by the facility after the missing hydrocodone was discovered. | not stated | Pled guilty to Theft of Property in the Second Degree, a Class C felony; received a 15-month suspended sentence. | none documented | source |
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Kentucky Pharmacist Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2025)
2025
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Kentucky Kentucky |
Franklin, Kentucky pharmacist (Kentucky) | Oxycodone, hydrocodone | Charge as worded in the source: conspiracy to commit theft of medical products; conspiracy to unlawfully distribute controlled substances; 12 counts of health care fraud; aggravated identity theft; false statement | not stated | Sentenced (2025) to 36 months in prison, $17,518.19 restitution | $17,518 (restitution) | source |
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Ohio Pharmacist Sentenced in Controlled Substance Diversion Case (2025)
2025
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Ohio Ohio |
Pharmacist (Ohio) | Hydrocodone, tramadol | Details are limited to what the source states; see the summary above | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2025) to 24 months probation; license surrendered | none documented | source |
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Alabama Nurse Convicted in Opioid Diversion Case (2025, case 2)
2025
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Alabama Alabama |
Nurse - former director of nursing at a Montgomery-area nursing home (Alabama) | Hydrocodone | Charge as worded in the source: theft of narcotics | not stated | Convicted (2025); sentence not reported in the source | none documented | source |
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Iowa Pharmacist Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2025)
2025
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Iowa Iowa |
Pharmacist - owner and operator of Summit Pharmacy of Iowa, Fairfield (Iowa) | More than 3,500 pills of oxycodone and hydrocodone and more than 400 pills of carisoprodol, June 2022 through at least November 2023 | Details are limited to what the source states; see the summary above | not stated | Sentenced (2025) to 48 months probation, $9,500 fine | $9,500 (criminal fine) | source |
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