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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Houston Cash-Only Pharmacy Owner and Three Pharmacists Sentenced for Pill Mill Scheme
2025-09-25
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Texas Houston, Texas |
Cash-only retail pharmacy, Houston, TX | Hydrocodone and oxycodone (Schedule II/III) | Dispensed controlled substances against fraudulent prescriptions, issued in stolen physicians' names, to individuals posing as patients for drug traffickers | not stated | Owner and three pharmacists sentenced Sept. 25, 2025 to 20 months-12 years in prison plus forfeiture orders | $2,600,000 (forfeiture) | source |
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Pharmacy Owner Sentenced for Diverting Opioids From His Own Iowa Pharmacy
2025-07-28
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Iowa Fairfield, Iowa |
Pharmacist, owner/operator of Summit Pharmacy of Iowa, Fairfield, IA (June 2022-Nov. 2023) | Oxycodone and hydrocodone (3,500+ pills) and carisoprodol (400+ pills) | Ordered pills without recording them in pharmacy inventory, took stock pills, and pulled pills from the controlled-substance take-back collection bin | not stated | Sentenced July 28, 2025 to 4 years probation and a $9,500 fine | $9,500 (criminal fine) | 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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Alabama Pharmacist Sentenced for Diverting Tens of Thousands of Oxycodone Pills from His Own Pharmacy
2023-11-03
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Alabama Gadsden, Alabama |
Retail pharmacy (Midtown Pharmacy), Gadsden, Alabama | Oxycodone and hydrocodone | Pharmacist in charge over-ordered oxycodone from distributors, diverted the surplus stock bottles, and repackaged and resold the pills outside the pharmacy | not stated | Sentenced November 2023, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, to 54 months in prison | $110,620 (forfeiture) | source |
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Michigan Pharmacist Sentenced for Selling 25,000+ Opioid Pills from His Own Pharmacy
2023-02-09
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Michigan Madison Heights, Michigan |
Retail pharmacy (Great Health Pharmacy), Madison Heights, Michigan | Oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone-acetaminophen, and promethazine with codeine | Pharmacist filled cash prescriptions for a patient recruiter, including in the names of people who never visited the pharmacy, and sold pharmacy stock bottles directly with no prescription | not stated | Sentenced February 2023, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, to 84 months in federal prison | $1,200,000 (forfeiture) | source |
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Alabama Pharmacist Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2023)
2023
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Alabama Alabama |
Pharmacist in charge of Midtown Pharmacy, Gadsden, and city school board member (Alabama) | Oxycodone, hydrocodone | Charge as worded in the source: conspiracy to distribute controlled substances; filing false tax returns | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2023) to 54 months in prison | none documented | source |
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Illinois Pharmacy Technician Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2023)
2023
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Illinois Illinois |
Former pharmacy technician at Sullivan Drugs, central and southern Illinois chain (Illinois) | More than 28,000 hydrocodone pills | Charge as worded in the source: theft or embezzlement in connection with health care; possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute (hydrocodone) | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2023) to 30 months in prison | none documented | source |
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Dothan Pharmacy Owner Sentenced for Selling Opioids Without Prescriptions
2021-04-27
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Alabama Dothan, Alabama |
Independently owned retail pharmacy (Allen's Pharmacy), Dothan, Alabama | Oxycodone and hydrocodone (Schedule II) | Pharmacy owner personally sold controlled substances to individuals for cash outside any valid prescription | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced to 87 months in federal prison and 3 years of supervised release | none documented | source |
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