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Emergency Department Physician Pleads Guilty to 19 Counts of Illegally Prescribing Opioids and Stimulants
2026-10-21
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Florida Pensacola, Florida |
Hospital emergency departments and other medical offices in and around Escambia County, Florida; prescriptions written 2020-2025 and filled at pharmacies in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties | Over 22,000 opioid pills (primarily oxycodone and hydrocodone) and over 3,000 stimulant pills (primarily Adderall or generic equivalents), at least 25,500 controlled-substance pills in total | Wrote, signed and distributed prescriptions with no determination of a legitimate medical purpose, no physical examination, no review of prior medical and prescribing records and no record of the encounter, in whatever drug, strength and quantity the requester asked for | not stated | Pleaded guilty Oct. 21, 2026 to 19 counts of unlawfully distributing or dispensing controlled substances; sentencing set for Jan. 14, 2027, up to 20 years' imprisonment per count | none documented | source |
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Denver Hospital Case Coordinator Sentenced to 18 Months for Tampering With Patients' Oxycodone Prescriptions
2026-09-17
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Colorado Denver, Colorado |
Case management coordinator with medical-record access, hospital / in-house pharmacy (Denver, CO) | Oxycodone prescriptions belonging to ~127 patients, Dec 2023-Jul 2024 | Used patients' identifying information to pick up their prescriptions, replaced pills with ibuprofen, aspirin, acetaminophen, or loratadine | not stated | Pleaded guilty Mar 12, 2026; sentenced Sept 17, 2026 to 18 months in federal prison | none documented | source |
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Missouri nurse forged oxycodone and Percocet prescriptions using a coworker's pad and DEA number
2026-07-10
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Missouri | Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas; prescriptions filled at pharmacies in Kansas and Missouri | Oxycodone and Percocet (13 forged prescriptions; 1,980 tablets total) | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Registered nurse charged with unlawfully obtaining oxycodone, hydromorphone and fentanyl at a Horry County hospital
2026-07
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South Carolina Horry County, SC |
Grand Strand Medical Center | oxycodone, hydromorphone and fentanyl | Charged with theft of controlled substances after allegedly unlawfully obtaining quantities of oxycodone, hydromorphone and fentanyl on dates between Jan. 10 and April 11 while working as a registered nurse; also accused of furnishing false material or omitting material from an application, report or other required document, and the whereabouts of the medication could not be accounted for. | not stated | Arrested and charged with three counts of theft of controlled substances and nine counts of violation of drug distribution law; released from J. Reuben Long Detention Center on a $12,000 bond. The South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation temporarily suspended the nurse's license on April 22, 2026; the hospital's parent company said the individual was no longer employed after an internal investigation. | none documented | source |
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Registered nurse removed fentanyl from medication safe without order or documentation and failed to document controlled substance administration/wasting; license revoked
2026-04
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Oregon | Grants Pass Surgery Center, Hearthstone Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Bay Area Hospital | fentanyl, oxycodone, hydromorphone, alprazolam, lorazepam, tramadol | removed fentanyl from a medication safe without a written order or documentation; failed to document administration or wasting of controlled substances; wasted oxycodone without allowing a witness to verify the medication; delayed wasting of controlled substances | not stated | Registered nurse license revoked | none documented | source |
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Hospital nurse accused of stealing opioids from patients at Grand Strand Medical Center
2026-04
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South Carolina Horry County, SC |
Grand Strand Medical Center | oxycodone, hydromorphone, and fentanyl | Allegedly stole opioid drugs on six separate occasions while working at the hospital, under the guise of providing them to patients, and then either failed to document taking them or fraudulently documented them as administered to a patient. | not stated | Arrested on several charges of theft of controlled substances and violating drug distribution law; released after posting $12,000 bail. | 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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Ohio Pharmacy Technician Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2025)
2025
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Ohio Ohio |
Certified pharmacy technician at a hospital in Mayfield Heights, Ohio (Ohio) | 103 grams of oxycodone and 77.5 grams of a mixture containing fentanyl | Charge as worded in the source: possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2025) to 36 months in prison | none documented | source |
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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.