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Showing 8 of 931 cases.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Fort Walton Beach Gastroenterologist Pays $300,000 to Settle Controlled Substances Act Prescribing Allegations
2026-09-21
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Florida Fort Walton Beach, Florida |
Gastroenterology practice, Fort Walton Beach, FL | Oxycodone-acetaminophen, hydrocodone-acetaminophen, lorazepam, alprazolam, clonazepam, and tramadol | Unlawfully prescribed at least 127 controlled-substance prescriptions from Jun 2023 to Mar 2025 while maintaining no patient records | not stated | Civil settlement: $300,000, agreed not to reapply for a Schedule II/IIN DEA registration, additional DEA monitoring, announced Sep 21, 2026 | $300,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Barbourville Pharmacy Pays $215,000 Over Red-Flag Prescription Failures
2024-05-09
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Kentucky Barbourville, Kentucky |
Smith Family Pharmacy, a retail pharmacy in Barbourville, Kentucky | Oxycodone and oxymorphone | Pharmacy filled over 500 prescriptions bearing red flags for diversion or abuse — dangerous drug combinations, high dosages, and out-of-state prescribers — without resolving the concerns | not stated | Pharmacy and pharmacist-in-charge paid $215,000 civil penalty and signed a four-year DEA Memorandum of Agreement, May 2024 | $215,000 (civil penalty) | source |
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Cumberland, Maryland Pharmacy Reaches Consent Decree Over Fraudulent Opioid Prescriptions
2023-07-06
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Maryland Cumberland, Maryland |
Retail pharmacy | Oxycodone and other opioids, often combined with benzodiazepines, carisoprodol, or buprenorphine | Filled fraudulent, high-MME prescriptions and dangerous drug combinations while ignoring documented red flags | not stated | Consent decree approved — $120,000 civil penalty plus mandatory red-flag protocol (July 2023) | $120,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes' Pharmacy Settles Over Missing Oxycodone
2018-11-20
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Montana St. Ignatius, Montana |
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes' Pharmacy (St. Ignatius, MT) | Oxycodone — approximately 2,500 pills unaccounted for | Inadequate recordkeeping and failure to report missing controlled substances to DEA | not stated | Civil settlement, $95,520 — announced Nov 20, 2018 | $95,520 (civil penalty) | source |
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Health system settles alleged opioid diversion case over tens of thousands of missing oxycodone 30 mg tablets
2018-05
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Georgia Springfield, GA |
Effingham Health System | oxycodone 30 mg tablets | Alleged large-scale diversion of opioids; tens of thousands of oxycodone 30 mg tablets were reported missing over more than four years, and the health system allegedly failed to notify authorities of the suspected diversion within the time required by federal law. | not stated | Agreed to pay $4.1 million to settle the claims; the system said it has since overhauled pharmacy recordkeeping and reporting and implemented electronic inventory systems. At the time, the largest settlement of its kind for hospital drug diversion; the DEA investigation was launched in 2017. | none documented | source |
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Georgia hospital settles allegations over unaccounted 30 mg oxycodone tablets believed diverted
2018-05
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Georgia | a Georgia hospital | oxycodone (30 mg tablets) | allegedly failed to provide effective controls and procedures to guard against theft and loss of controlled substances, resulting in tens of thousands of 30 mg oxycodone tablets unaccounted for and believed diverted for illegal uses over a four-year period, and allegedly failed to notify DEA of suspected diversion within the requisite time period | not stated | $4.1 million civil settlement and performance improvement plan with DEA | none documented | source |
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Massachusetts General Hospital Pays $2.3M in Drug Diversion Settlement
2015-09-28
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Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts |
Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA) | Oxycodone and other pills — ~16,000 stolen by two nurses; 20,000+ records discrepancy | Inadequate monitoring and access controls on automated dispensing machines; incomplete recordkeeping | not stated | Civil settlement, $2.3 million — announced Sep 28, 2015 | $2,300,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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University of Utah Medical Center nurse accused of diverting Percocet by substituting Tylenol
1990-06
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Utah | University of Utah Medical Center | Percocet; Tylenol; Tylenol and Motrin combinations | Allegedly signed out Percocet prescribed to patients who had already been discharged and had not requested the drug; on about 10 occasions allegedly gave plain Tylenol or Tylenol and Motrin combinations to women who had requested Percocet and kept the Percocet for her own use; allegedly began taking one to three pills a week away from work and later used Percocet at work. | not stated | Faces sanctions against her license; charged by the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing with two counts of violating the state's Nurse Practice Act and Controlled Substance Act; had 30 days to respond, after which a hearing could be held or a settlement negotiated; voluntarily entered a drug dependency program earlier that year. | none documented | source |
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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.