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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Appleton Nurse Practitioner Sentenced for Unlawful Opioid Prescribing Scheme
2025-12-18
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Wisconsin Appleton, Wisconsin |
not stated | Oxycodone and other opioids | Prescribed opioids to patients with no medical need in exchange for the patients filling the prescriptions and returning half or more of the pills to her for personal use | Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner, Appleton, WI | Pleaded guilty Aug 13, 2025; sentenced Dec 18, 2025 to 16 months in federal prison plus 3 years supervised release | none documented | source |
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Unlicensed Director of Nursing at Cherrydale Post Acute charged with stealing oxycodone from a person
2025-12
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South Carolina Greenville, SC |
Cherrydale Post Acute | oxycodone | Allegedly stole a quantity of oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, from another person with intent to permanently deprive that person of the medication while employed at Cherrydale Post Acute. | not stated | Arrested and charged with one count of Theft of a Controlled Substance, first offense, and two counts of Unlicensed Practice as Registered Nurse or Practical Nurse; booked into the Greenville County Detention Center. Presumed innocent unless proven guilty. | none documented | source |
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Anchorage Nurse Practitioner Sentenced for Prescribing Opioids Without Medical Purpose
2025-11-14
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Alaska Anchorage, Alaska |
not stated | Fentanyl, oxycodone, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, and diazepam | Prescribed the controlled substances to six patients between June 2016 and November 2018 without any legitimate medical purpose | Advanced Nurse Practitioner licensed to prescribe in Alaska | Convicted May 2025 — 10 felony second-degree and 2 felony third-degree counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance; sentenced Nov 14, 2025 to 3 years to serve plus 4 years probation | none documented | source |
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Massachusetts Hospice Nurse Indicted for Swapping Dementia Patient's Oxycodone with Household Cleaner
2025-11-02
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Massachusetts Amesbury, Massachusetts |
RN, long-term care/rehab facility (Amesbury, MA) | Liquid oxycodone | Allegedly removed oxycodone from a non-verbal dementia hospice patient's medication with a syringe around Mar 31, 2025 and replaced it with a household cleaning chemical | not stated | Indicted by federal grand jury Oct 30, 2025 on tampering with a consumer product; arrested Oct 31, pleaded not guilty | none documented | source |
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Hospital lead pharmacy technician diverted Oxycodone by substituting Fludrocortisone during prepackaging for automated dispensing system
2025-11
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Maryland | a hospital in Prince George's County, Maryland | Oxycodone | Switched Oxycodone 5 mg tablets with Fludrocortisone 0.1 mg tablets during prepackaging to refill an automated medication dispensing system and entered zero-count refills to conceal the swap; admitted to personally ingesting the Oxycodone. | not stated | Registration revoked. | none documented | source |
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Licensed practical nurse accused of stealing oxycodone from a resident at Simpsonville Post Acute
2025-10
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South Carolina Simpsonville, SC |
Simpsonville Post Acute | Oxycodone | Allegedly knowingly and intentionally took a quantity of oxycodone from a resident. | not stated | Charged with one count of a controlled substance, first offense. | none documented | 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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West Virginia Veterinarian Ordered to Pay $956,709 Over Unaccounted-For Opioids
2025-08-05
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West Virginia Winfield, West Virginia |
Veterinary practice, Putnam County, WV | Oxycodone HCL and hydrocodone/acetaminophen | Ordered opioids far in excess of legitimate need, failed to secure or record them, and fabricated dispensing records to cover a 6,593-dose-unit shortfall found during a DEA inspection | not stated | Default judgment of $956,709 in civil penalties ordered Aug. 5, 2025; DEA registration surrendered | $956,709 (civil penalty) | source |
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