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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Idaho Falls assisted living employee entered Alford plea to financial card charge after residents' hydrocodone was allegedly swapped for acetaminophen
2023-10
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Idaho | Assisted living center in Idaho Falls | Hydrocodone (allegedly replaced with acetaminophen) | not stated | Assisted living center employee | not stated | none documented | source |
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Hawaii Physician Agrees to Plead Guilty in Benzodiazepine Diversion Case (2023)
2023
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Hawaii Hawaii |
Physician - 74-year-old Maui doctor (Hawaii) | Hydrocodone, alprazolam | Details are limited to what the source states; see the summary above | not stated | Agreed to plead guilty (plea not yet entered); plea agreement reported (2023); sentencing outcome not reported | none documented | source |
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District of Columbia Physician Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2023)
2023
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District of Columbia District of Columbia |
Physician licensed in D.C. and Virginia (District of Columbia) | Oxycodone, hydrocodone | Details are limited to what the source states; see the summary above | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2023) to 15 months in prison | none documented | source |
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California Physician Convicted in Opioid Diversion Case (2023)
2023
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California California |
Physician (California) | Oxycodone, hydrocodone | Charge as worded in the source: twelve counts of distributing the controlled substances Oxycodone and Hydrocodone outside of the usual course of his professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose | not stated | Convicted by a jury at trial; convicted (2023); sentence not reported in the source | none documented | source |
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Eastern Idaho nurse practitioner consented to civil judgment over hydrocodone prescriptions written for a third party
2022-06-14
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Idaho | Eastern Idaho prescribing practice | Hydrocodone | not stated | Nurse practitioner | not stated | none documented | source |
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Dearborn physician pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute hydrocodone without medical necessity
2022-05-02
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Michigan | Medical office in Dearborn | Hydrocodone | not stated | Physician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Physician pleads guilty to illegally prescribing opioids and falsifying records at a Lake Milton medical office
2022-01
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Ohio Lake Milton, OH |
a medical office in Lake Milton, Ohio | opioids including oxycodone and hydrocodone, often in combination with benzodiazepines and stimulants | illegally prescribed controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose; used false diagnoses, falsified patient pain intensity scales in medical charts, increased dosages, and prescribed for prolonged periods without evidence of efficacy; ignored urine drug screen results and warning signs of patient addiction and abuse; unlawfully prescribed opioids to two patients who later fatally overdosed and to an individual under the age of 21 | not stated | pleaded guilty to illegally distributing controlled substances, causing the deaths of two patients, unlawfully distributing a controlled substance to a person under the age of 21, and health care fraud; sentencing scheduled for May 17, 2022 | none documented | source |
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Hawaii Physician Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2022)
2022
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Hawaii Hawaii |
Physician - owned and operated Progressive Medical clinics in Kahului and Hilo (Hawaii) | Hydrocodone | Details are limited to what the source states; see the summary above | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2022) to 48 months in prison; license surrendered | none documented | source |
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- Setting: stated in 850 of 931 cases (91%)
- Drug: stated in 858 of 931 cases (92%)
- Method: stated in 675 of 931 cases (73%)
- Prosecution status: stated in 675 of 931 cases (73%); a documented penalty (fine, settlement, or restitution) exists for 107 of 931 cases (11%)
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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.