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Showing 8 of 931 cases.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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VA medical center nurse pleads guilty to diverting and tampering with psychiatric patients' stimulant medications
2026-07
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Vermont White River Junction, VT |
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, White River Junction | amphetamine/dextroamphetamine and methylphenidate (Schedule II), replaced with hydroxyzine | Diverted controlled substances prescribed to psychiatric ward patients for her own use over a roughly eight-month period, removing amphetamine/dextroamphetamine from capsules, separating them and administering the empty or nearly empty capsules to patients; replaced the tablets with hydroxyzine to conceal her consumption of the diverted drugs, and acquired stimulants by misrepresentation, fraud, deception and subterfuge. | not stated | Pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of diverting drugs and tampering with medications; plea agreement stipulates forfeiture of her nursing license and sentencing is scheduled. | none documented | source |
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VA hospital psychiatric nurse diverted amphetamine/dextroamphetamine and methylphenidate and tampered with patient medications
2026-06
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Vermont White River Junction, VT |
Veterans Administration Medical Center in White River Junction | amphetamine/dextroamphetamine; methylphenidate; hydroxyzine | Diverted amphetamine/dextroamphetamine capsules from psychiatric patients, removed the regulated ingredients, and returned empty or nearly empty capsules to circulation; removed methylphenidate tablets and replaced them with hydroxyzine tablets for administration to patients; acquired amphetamine/dextroamphetamine and methylphenidate through fraud and deception. | not stated | Pleaded guilty to two felony counts; sentencing planned for Oct. 23; plea agreement capped the proposed sentence at 24 months, with a maximum penalty of 14 years and $500,000; agreed to forfeit a New Hampshire nursing license. | none documented | source |
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Kansas Pharmacist Indicted for Stealing Adderall, Vyvanse, Ritalin and Oxycodone from Employer
2026-03-30
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Kansas Maize, Kansas |
Pharmacist (Maize, KS; employer not named in filing) | Amphetamine (Adderall), lisdexamfetamine (Vyvanse), methylphenidate (Ritalin), and oxycodone | Allegedly used his position as a pharmacist to acquire the drugs from his employer without authorization, for personal use | not stated | Indicted Mar 30, 2026 on one count of acquiring a controlled substance by deception/subterfuge; case pending | none documented | source |
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Kansas Pharmacy Technician Indicted for Stealing Adderall and Ritalin
2026-01-29
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Kansas Russell, Kansas |
Pharmacy technician, pharmacy in Russell, KS | Amphetamine (Adderall) and methylphenidate (Ritalin) | Allegedly used her position to remove the drugs from the pharmacy's inventory without proper authorization, continuing through March 2025 | not stated | Indicted Jan 29, 2026 on one count of acquiring a controlled substance by deception; case pending | none documented | source |
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North Dakota Pharmacist Charged in Stimulant Diversion Case (2025)
2025
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North Dakota North Dakota |
Pharmacist at Walls Long Term Care, Grand Forks (North Dakota) | 1,566 pills (Vyvanse, Concerta, Focalin, methylphenidate, Adderall, Jornay PM) valued at about $15,631 per pharmacy owner | Charge as worded in the source: Class B felony theft; Class B felony deceptive writings; Class C felony acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation or fraud; Class A misdemeanor possession of a schedule II stimulant; Class A misdemeanor ingesting a controlled substance | not stated | Charged (2025); charges are allegations, no conviction reported in the source | none documented | source |
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Pennsylvania Nurse Charged in Opioid Diversion Case (2021)
2021
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Pennsylvania Pennsylvania |
Nurse (Pennsylvania) | Oxycodone, morphine, methylphenidate | Details are limited to what the source states; see the summary above | not stated | Charged (2021); charges are allegations, no conviction reported in the source | none documented | source |
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New York Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty to Diverting Medication Using Patient's Children's Identities
2020-09-17
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New York Clifton Park, New York |
Psychiatrist, private practice (Clifton Park, NY) | Methylphenidate (Ritalin); ketamine (separate civil matter) | Arranged for a patient to kick back part of his own methylphenidate prescriptions, then used the patient's children's identities to obtain additional prescriptions for himself | not stated | Pleaded guilty Sept. 17, 2020 to unlawful drug distribution and misuse of personal information; surrendered his medical license; also settled a related civil ketamine-recordkeeping claim for $43,225.24 | $43,225 (civil penalty) | source |
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Psychiatrist reprimanded for prescribing Ritalin to her spouse without medical justification
2011-12
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California Ridgecrest, CA |
Ridgecrest, CA | Ritalin | Admitted to prescribing Ritalin to her spouse without adequate documentation of medical necessity. | not stated | Reprimand by the Maryland Board of Physicians, taken reciprocally after the Illinois Board of Medicine fined her for the same conduct | none documented | source |
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