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Showing 8 of 931 cases.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | 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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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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Nursing home director of nursing used pre-signed prescription pads to divert hydrocodone
2023-04
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Alabama Montgomery, AL |
nursing home | hydrocodone | Used pre-signed prescription pads left by the facility's medical director to fax fraudulent prescriptions to the facility's pharmacy, then received and kept the narcotics from the pharmacy's courier instead of administering them | not stated | Pleaded guilty to Theft of Property Second Degree; sentenced to 18 months in community corrections and surrendered nursing license | none documented | source |
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Nursing home licensed practical nurse convicted of diverting 638 narcotics pills from residents
2022-06
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Alabama Georgiana, AL |
Georgiana Health and Rehabilitation. Also referred to as Butler County Nursing Home in the Attorney General's release title. | Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, Tramadol and Lorazepam | Diverted 638 narcotics pills, including hydrocodone, oxycodone, tramadol and lorazepam, from nursing home residents for whom the medications were intended; thefts occurred between November 5, 2020, and January 19, 2021. | not stated | Pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree theft of property; sentencing set for July 7; faces one to 10 years imprisonment and up to a $15,000 fine for each conviction. | none documented | source |
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Pembina County Long-Term Care Nurse Charged With Stealing Resident Narcotics
2020-04-13
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North Dakota Mountain, North Dakota |
Long-term care facility in Pembina County, North Dakota | Hydrocodone/APAP, oxycodone, and transdermal fentanyl patches | Allegedly substituted over-the-counter medication for residents' prescribed opioids from March-November 2017; discovered via a tampered medication card | not stated | Charged April 13, 2020 with 9 felony counts of theft of a prescription, 2 felony counts of reckless endangerment, and 1 misdemeanor theft count - the first case brought by the state's new Medicaid Fraud Control Unit | none documented | source |
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Iowa Nursing Home Nurse Sentenced for Stealing Patients' Pain Medication
2020-01-28
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Iowa Manchester, Iowa |
Nursing home (Manchester, IA) | Hydrocodone, morphine, oxycodone, codeine, tramadol | Took pills from 14+ patients by deception; diluted liquid morphine with mouthwash | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced Jan 28, 2020 to 4 years | $593 (restitution) | source |
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Illinois nursing home nurse diverted hydrocodone by falsely recording resident requests
2016-10-17
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Illinois | Long-term care facility in Belleville, Illinois | Hydrocodone (Schedule II opioid) | not stated | Nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Mississippi Nurse Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2016)
2016
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Mississippi Mississippi |
Nurse - LPN at a Eupora nursing home (Mississippi) | Hydrocodone, oxycodone | Charge as worded in the source: Medicaid fraud and obtaining a controlled substance by fraud | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2016) to 36 months in prison | none documented | source |
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