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Showing 6 of 931 cases.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Emergency Department Physician Pleads Guilty to 19 Counts of Illegally Prescribing Opioids and Stimulants
2026-10-21
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Florida Pensacola, Florida |
Hospital emergency departments and other medical offices in and around Escambia County, Florida; prescriptions written 2020-2025 and filled at pharmacies in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties | Over 22,000 opioid pills (primarily oxycodone and hydrocodone) and over 3,000 stimulant pills (primarily Adderall or generic equivalents), at least 25,500 controlled-substance pills in total | Wrote, signed and distributed prescriptions with no determination of a legitimate medical purpose, no physical examination, no review of prior medical and prescribing records and no record of the encounter, in whatever drug, strength and quantity the requester asked for | not stated | Pleaded guilty Oct. 21, 2026 to 19 counts of unlawfully distributing or dispensing controlled substances; sentencing set for Jan. 14, 2027, up to 20 years' imprisonment per count | none documented | source |
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Lawton pharmacy technician charged after hydrocodone tablets found spilling from clothing
2025-12-03
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Oklahoma | Retail pharmacy in Lawton, Oklahoma | Hydrocodone-acetaminophen 10mg-325mg; dextroamphetamine-amphetamine 10 mg | not stated | Pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Buffalo-Area Physician Diverted Controlled Substances Through Fraudulent Prescriptions to Associates
2020-03-05
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New York Buffalo, New York |
Physician contracted to area hospitals; fraudulent prescriptions issued outside legitimate patient care | Oxycodone, hydrocodone, and amphetamine | Issued fraudulent prescriptions in his own name and in the names of non-patients (coworkers, associates) in exchange for cocaine, cash, and a share of the pills | not stated | Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances; sentencing scheduled | none documented | source |
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Rawlins physician charged with prescribing oxycodone and other controlled substances outside legitimate medical practice
2020-02
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Wyoming Rawlins, WY |
Practice | oxycodone, alprazolam, tramadol, promethazine with codeine, amphetamine/dextroamphetamine, hydrocodone | Charged in a 32-count federal indictment with dispensing controlled substances from 2014 to 2017 often without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual course of professional practice, including to persons under 21 and to pregnant women under 21; the state medical board found in 2017 that the physician was inappropriately prescribing controlled substances for other than legitimate purposes, prescribing to known abusers, and offering drugs in exchange for sex. | not stated | Federal criminal charges (32 counts) with a guilty plea scheduled; 2017 license suspension; voluntary relinquishment of license accepted August 2018. | none documented | source |
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Nevada grocery-pharmacy technician accused of diverting hydrocodone, amphetamine and oxycodone tablets from patient bottles
2017-08
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Nevada | Retail grocery-chain pharmacy | Hydrocodone/acetaminophen, amphetamine salts and oxycodone (alleged) | not stated | Registered pharmaceutical technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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South Burlington physician pleaded guilty to prescription fraud after writing prescriptions under fictitious names
2012-11
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Vermont | Primary care practice, South Burlington; retail pharmacies in Chittenden and Addison counties | Adderall and Vicodin | not stated | Physician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.