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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Tennessee Physician Convicted in Opioid Diversion Case (2021)
2021
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Tennessee Tennessee |
Physician (Tennessee) | Oxycodone | Charge as worded in the source: federal drug charges, healthcare fraud, money laundering, and illegally distributing oxycodone | not stated | Convicted by a jury at trial; convicted (2021); sentence not reported in the source | none documented | source |
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Rawlins physician sentenced federally for dispensing medically unnecessary controlled substances
2020-12
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Wyoming Rawlins, WY |
medical practice in Rawlins, Wyoming | oxycodone, alprazolam, hydrocodone, tramadol and other controlled substances | Pleaded guilty to 20 counts of dispensing medically unnecessary controlled substances; prosecutors said some patients were addicts or became addicted, that drugs were traded for sexual favors, and that 430 oxycodone pills were prescribed to a young female patient in return for lewd photographs. | not stated | Sentenced to 20 concurrent five-year prison terms, six years of supervised release, a $2,000 special assessment and $400 restitution; license previously suspended by the state medical board. | none documented | source |
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Nursing Home Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Hospice Patient's Oxycodone
2020-10-02
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Massachusetts Dighton, Massachusetts |
Registered nurse, Dighton Care and Rehabilitation Center (Dighton, MA) | Oxycodone — 3 blister-card packages | Removed oxycodone from a hospice patient's blister packs and substituted other pills disguised to look like oxycodone | not stated | Pleaded guilty Oct. 2, 2020 to tampering with a consumer product; sentencing set for Jan. 19, 2021 | none documented | source |
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Minnesota pharmacy technician shorted patient prescriptions of oxycodone-acetaminophen; registration revoked
2020-10
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Minnesota | Pharmacy | Oxycodone-acetaminophen 5/325 mg tablets | not stated | Pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Buffalo-Area Medical Office Manager Sentenced for Stealing Controlled Substances via Forged Prescriptions
2020-09-17
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New York Buffalo, New York |
Office manager, physician's practice (Williamsville/Buffalo, NY) | Hydrocodone and oxycodone — 166 fraudulent prescriptions, ~11,885 dosage units | Used the physician's prescription pad and electronic prescribing token to issue fraudulent scripts in her own name, associates' names, and fictitious patients, then filled them at local pharmacies | not stated | Convicted of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud; sentenced Sept. 17, 2020 to two years' probation and $1,911.23 restitution | $1,911 (restitution) | source |
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Pharmacy technician diverted OxyContin from AccuDose machines at Baptist Medical Center
2020-07
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Mississippi | Baptist Medical Center | OxyContin | admitted to taking OxyContin from the AccuDose machines at Baptist Medical Center | not stated | The board accepted the voluntary surrender of the pharmacy technician registration, revoked it, and imposed $250 in investigation costs. | none documented | source |
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Pharmacy technician diverted Norco, Percocet, and MS Contin from Magee General Hospital pharmacy
2020-07
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Mississippi | Magee General Hospital pharmacy | Norco, Percocet and MS Contin | admitted to taking Norco, Percocet and MS Contin from the pharmacy at Magee General Hospital where she worked | not stated | The board accepted the voluntary surrender of the pharmacy technician registration, revoked it, and imposed $350 in investigation costs. | none documented | source |
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Savage Family Pharmacy Pays $180,480 to Settle Controlled Substances Act Recordkeeping Violations
2020-06-08
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Pennsylvania Waynesboro, Pennsylvania |
Retail pharmacy — Savage Family Pharmacy (Waynesboro, PA) | Oxycodone and hydrocodone — tens of thousands of unaccounted doses | Failed to reconcile inventories against the perpetual log and allowed altered counts and removed log pages, enabling undetected employee diversion over several years | not stated | Agreed June 2020 to pay $180,480 in civil penalties to resolve CSA recordkeeping violations | $180,480 (civil penalty) | source |
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