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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Pennsylvania Physician Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2020)
2020
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Pennsylvania Pennsylvania |
Physician (Pennsylvania) | Oxycodone, hydrocodone | Charge as worded in the source: health care fraud | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2020); terms are in the source | none documented | source |
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Pennsylvania Physician Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2020, case 2)
2020
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Pennsylvania Pennsylvania |
Physician (Pennsylvania) | Oxycodone | Charge as worded in the source: illegally distributing controlled substances | not stated | Sentenced (2020) to 12 months in prison, $100,000 fine | $100,000 (criminal fine) | source |
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Queens Supervising Pharmacist Sentenced for Filling Forged Oxycodone Prescriptions
2019-08-30
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New York Richmond Hill, Queens, New York |
Retail pharmacy | Oxycodone 30 mg tablets | Supervising pharmacist knowingly filled forged prescriptions and sold additional pills for cash outside any valid prescription | not stated | Sentenced to 4 years in prison; pharmacist license surrendered | none documented | source |
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Las Vegas nurse sentenced for illegally prescribing hydrocodone and oxycodone in a cash-for-prescriptions scheme
2019-05
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Nevada Las Vegas, NV |
not stated | hydrocodone and oxycodone | Alleged and admitted conduct: arranged with a surgical technician and a physician to give hydrocodone and oxycodone to patients without a legitimate medical purpose in exchange for cash, and wrote illegal prescriptions without a medical purpose; also billed Medicare and Medicaid for prescriptions for lidocaine, modafinil and diclofenac sodium without having examined the patient. | not stated | Pleaded guilty to eight counts of distribution of a controlled substance and eight counts of health care fraud; sentenced to more than six years in federal prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $3,749,121 in restitution. | none documented | source |
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Army hospital pharmacy technician admitted stealing and distributing hydrocodone and oxycodone
2019-02
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Hawaii Oahu, Hawaii |
Tripler Army Medical Center | hydrocodone or oxycodone | charged with and later admitted stealing and distributing 8,505 pills containing five milligrams of either hydrocodone or oxycodone from the hospital's pharmacy vault | not stated | charged; later admitted; serving a one-year sentence in a federal correctional institution in California | none documented | source |
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Colorado Pharmacist Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2019)
2019
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Colorado Colorado |
Pharmacist (Colorado) | Amphetamine, oxycodone | Details are limited to what the source states; see the summary above | not stated | Sentenced (2019) to 6 months in prison | none documented | source |
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Hospital pharmacy technician diverted hydrocodone and oxycodone from a pharmacy vault through fraudulent automated dispensing transactions
2018-10
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Hawaii | Tripler Army Medical Center | hydrocodone and oxycodone (Schedule II controlled substances) | Stole 8,505 pills, each containing 5 milligrams of either hydrocodone or oxycodone, from the hospital's pharmacy vault between February 2017 and March 2018, using her authorized fingerprint and unique login to conduct 82 fraudulent transactions in the hospital's new automated medication distribution and tracking system, which she found did not require a valid prescription to dispense medication to patients being discharged; gave the pills to her boyfriend for his personal use and used some herself. | not stated | Sentenced to 12 months in jail plus six years of court supervision; pleaded guilty in June to one count each of possessing with intent to distribute hydrocodone and oxycodone; had repaid $1,033 to the hospital before sentencing. | none documented | source |
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Arizona Pharmacist Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2018)
2018
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Arizona Arizona |
Pharmacist who owned Scottsdale Health Pharmacy and V-Estrella Pharmacy (Arizona) | More than 200,000 oxycodone and hydrocodone tablets | Details are limited to what the source states; see the summary above | not stated | Sentenced (2018) to 120 months in prison | none documented | source |
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