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Showing 46 of 931 cases · page 3 of 6.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Kentucky hospital agrees to $4.4 million civil penalty over recordkeeping that allowed pharmacy technician to divert 60,000 opioid doses
2022-12-08
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Kentucky | Pikeville Medical Center narcotics vault and automated dispensing cabinets | Oxycodone, hydrocodone, methadone (more than 60,000 doses) | not stated | Hospital pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Kentucky hospital pharmacy technician diverted over 60,000 opioid doses; hospital paid civil penalty
2022-12
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Kentucky | Hospital system narcotics vault and automated dispensing cabinets, Pikeville, Kentucky | Oxycodone, hydrocodone and methadone (more than 60,000 doses) | not stated | Hospital pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Traveling Nurse Sentenced for Diverting Opioids at Four Montana Facilities
2022-10-13
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Montana Anaconda, Montana |
Hospital and long-term care/rehabilitation facilities, Montana | Oxycodone, hydrocodone | Withdrew opioids from pharmacy stock without administering or documenting them to patients; altered and destroyed medication logs | not stated | Pleaded guilty to 3 counts of unlawfully obtaining controlled substances; sentenced to 1 year and 1 day in prison plus 1 year supervised release | none documented | source |
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Registered nurse diverted oxycodone, hydrocodone/acetaminophen, and hydromorphone from patients at a Madison medical center
2022-10
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Wisconsin Madison, WI |
a medical center in Madison, Wisconsin | oxycodone, hydrocodone/acetaminophen, morphine, hydromorphone, and tramadol | Admitted diverting pain medications from patients for personal use over about 1.5 years, totaling approximately 100 patients and 200 dosages; admitted diverting specific doses of oxycodone, hydrocodone/acetaminophen, and liquid hydromorphone on June 12 and 13, 2021; charted that a patient had already received pain medication when the patient asked for it; and pled guilty to acquiring hydrocodone/acetaminophen, oxycodone, and hydromorphone by misrepresentation/fraud/deception by entering patient information into the automated dispensing cabinet and removing controlled substances for personal use. | not stated | Voluntary surrender of nursing license accepted; ordered to pay $904 in costs; cannot petition for reinstatement for at least one year; federal sentence of three years probation and a $3,500 fine. | none documented | source |
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DC emergency nurse's diversion surfaced by automated dispensing cabinet audit
2022-01-14
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District of Columbia Washington, DC |
Emergency room registered nurse, Providence Hospital and United Medical Center, Washington, DC | Narcotics removed from hospital stock; admitted addiction to oxycodone and tramadol | not stated | not stated | not stated | none documented | source |
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South Jersey hospital system settles DEA allegations after 400 oxycodone tablets reported lost or stolen
2021-12
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New Jersey | Hospital inpatient pharmacy, Voorhees | Oxycodone 30 mg (400 tablets) | not stated | Hospital system (institutional registrant) | not stated | none documented | source |
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DC nurse diverted oxycodone from a rehabilitation hospital
2021-11-23
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District of Columbia Washington, DC |
Registered nurse, MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC | Oxycodone IR | not stated | not stated | not stated | none documented | source |
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VA Medical Center Pharmacy Chief Diverted Painkillers from Veterans' Prescriptions
2021-11-12
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Pennsylvania Erie, Pennsylvania |
VA Medical Center pharmacy, Erie, Pennsylvania | Hydrocodone and oxycodone | As Pharmacy Chief, removed dosage units from patient pill bottles awaiting delivery to VA patients | not stated | Pleaded guilty to a federal drug-law violation; sentencing pending | none documented | source |
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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.