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Showing 248 of 931 cases · page 29 of 31.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Connecticut Physician Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2015)
2015
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Connecticut Connecticut |
Physician (Connecticut) | Oxycodone | Charge as worded in the source: illegally dispensing oxycodone and other controlled substances | not stated | Sentenced (2015) to 84 months in prison | none documented | source |
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Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Stealing 67,000 Doses of Prescription Narcotics — Minnesota, 2014
2014-10-28
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Minnesota Burnsville, Minnesota |
Retail pharmacy in Burnsville, MN | Hydrocodone, oxycodone, carisoprodol, and diazepam | Falsified controlled-substance receiving logs to understate shipments, then stole the discrepancy | not stated | Pleaded guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud | none documented | source |
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Delaware state hospital nurse charged with forging medication records to obtain oxycodone
2014-03-24
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Delaware | State hospital for the chronically ill (Smyrna, Delaware) | Oxycodone | not stated | Former nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Former nurse at Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill charged with forging controlled-substance records to divert oxycodone
2014-03
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Delaware Smyrna, DE |
Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill | Oxycodone | Allegedly forged signatures of other nurses on Controlled Substances sheets to indicate oxycodone had been given to patients, while allegedly keeping the drugs for personal use. | not stated | Arrested and charged with three felony counts of obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation or fraud or forgery, seven counts of second-degree forgery, and one count of falsifying a business record. Released on $51,000 unsecured bond. | none documented | source |
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New Jersey Pharmacist Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2014)
2014
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New Jersey New Jersey |
Pharmacist in charge of West Orange Pharmacy (New Jersey) | Oxycodone | Details are limited to what the source states; see the summary above | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2014) to 37 months in prison | none documented | source |
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Maryland Physician Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2014)
2014
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Maryland Maryland |
Physician (Maryland) | Fentanyl, oxycodone, morphine, hydrocodone, methadone | Charge as worded in the source: conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, hydrocodone, oxycodone, morphine and methadone | not stated | Sentenced (2014) to 12 months in prison | none documented | source |
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Hospital pharmacist convicted of stealing oxycodone and Ambien from Mid Coast Hospital for personal use
2013-10
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Maine Brunswick, ME |
Mid Coast Hospital | Oxycodone and Ambien | Diverted Oxycodone and Ambien from the hospital for personal use; pleaded guilty to two counts of Stealing Drugs in connection with a series of thefts in 2011 and 2012. | not stated | Convicted after guilty plea; sentenced to 2 years imprisonment with all but 14 days suspended and 2 years probation on the felony Oxycodone charge; concurrent 14 days imprisonment on the misdemeanor Ambien charge; ordered to pay $800 in fines; probation condition prohibiting employment with access to controlled substances; pharmacist license revoked in April 2012. | none documented | source |
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Psychiatrist found to have unlawfully possessed controlled substances taken back from patients and kept no required records
2013-09
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New Mexico Albuquerque, NM |
private psychiatric practice | controlled substances including fentanyl patches, oxycodone, OxyContin, methadone, Suboxone, hydrocodone, benzodiazepines, and Lyrica samples | Took back and retained already-dispensed controlled substances directly from patients outside the CSA's closed distribution system, and failed to maintain any inventory or records of the controlled substances he received or the drug samples kept in his office; a separate allegation that he redistributed these drugs to other patients was investigated but found unproven. | not stated | DEA registration renewal granted subject to a six-month suspension and restriction to non-narcotic controlled substances only; DATA-Waiver authority to prescribe Suboxone/Subutex revoked. | none documented | source |
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