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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | 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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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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West Virginia Physician Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2016)
2016
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West Virginia West Virginia |
Physician (West Virginia) | Hydrocodone | Charge as worded in the source: illegally prescribing the pain medication hydrocodone; defrauding Medicare and Medicaid by submitting materially false claims | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2016) to 96 months in prison, $15,000 fine | $15,000 (criminal fine) | 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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Hospital nurse diverted hydrocodone intended for a patient and falsified records
2015-06
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West Virginia Parkersburg, WV |
Camden Clark Medical Center | hydrocodone | Admitted to taking two 5 mg hydrocodone pills intended for a patient, keeping them for personal use, and falsely documenting in the patient file that the medication had been given to the patient. | not stated | Pleaded guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, and subterfuge; terminated from employment on June 27, 2015; faces up to four years in federal prison; sentencing set for October 1, 2018. | none documented | source |
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West Virginia Nurse Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2015)
2015
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West Virginia West Virginia |
Former nurse at Sweetbriar Assisted Living, Dunbar (West Virginia) | Hydrocodone | Details are limited to what the source states; see the summary above | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2015) to 60 months probation | none documented | source |
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Maryland Physician Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2014)
2014
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Maryland Maryland |
Physician (Maryland) | Fentanyl, oxycodone, morphine, hydrocodone, methadone | Charge as worded in the source: conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, hydrocodone, oxycodone, morphine and methadone | not stated | Sentenced (2014) to 12 months in prison | none documented | source |
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Iowa Physician Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2014)
2014
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Iowa Iowa |
Physician (Iowa) | Hydrocodone | Charge as worded in the source: illegally dispensing hydrocodone resulting in death; health care fraud | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2014) to 60 months in prison | none documented | source |
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