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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Chicago pharmacy settles federal Controlled Substances Act claims after technician hydrocodone thefts
2025-09-15
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Illinois | Retail pharmacy, Chicago | Hydrocodone; recordkeeping gaps also involving hydrocodone-acetaminophen and alprazolam | not stated | Pharmacy (registrant); two pharmacy technicians | not stated | none documented | source |
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Chicago pharmacy settles Controlled Substances Act claims after technicians stole hydrocodone
2025-09-15
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Illinois | Retail pharmacy in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood | Hydrocodone (more than 56,000 pills); recordkeeping gaps also cited for hydrocodone-acetaminophen and alprazolam | not stated | Two pharmacy technicians | not stated | none documented | source |
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Oklahoma grocery-chain pharmacy technician admitted stealing and selling hydrocodone and alprazolam
2025-08-13
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Oklahoma | Grocery-chain retail pharmacy in Oklahoma | Hydrocodone stock bottles, hydrocodone-acetaminophen 10mg/325mg and alprazolam | not stated | Pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Pharmacist Sentenced for Diverting Controlled Substances From Mason City Pharmacies
2025-06-17
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Iowa Mason City, Iowa |
Pharmacist employed at three retail pharmacies in Mason City, IA, 2008-2023 | Codeine, phentermine, alprazolam, clonazepam, lorazepam, pregabalin, tramadol | Created unauthorized prescriptions in existing patients' names, falsified prescription and inventory records — mostly after hours — then filled and paid for the prescriptions herself | not stated | Pleaded guilty Feb. 7, 2025; sentenced June 17, 2025 to 1 month in federal prison plus 1 year supervised release | none documented | source |
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Cardiac Catheterization Lab Nurse Sentenced for Tampering With Fentanyl at Miami Hospital
2025-03-18
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Florida Miami, Florida |
Registered nurse, cardiac catheterization lab, Miami hospital (July 10-Aug. 18, 2023) | Fentanyl and midazolam | Extracted painkillers from vials for personal use and replaced with saline; refilled discarded biohazard-bin vials with saline to substitute for stolen ones | not stated | Pleaded guilty Dec. 13, 2024 to tampering with consumer products; sentenced March 18, 2025 to more than two years in federal prison | none documented | source |
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Yale New Haven Hospital Nurse Tampered with Lorazepam Vials
2024-12-11
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Connecticut New Haven, Connecticut |
Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut | Lorazepam | Removed a portion of drug solution from vials in secure storage, replaced it with an inert solution, and returned vials to circulation | not stated | Pleaded guilty Dec. 11, 2024, to tampering with a consumer product and acquiring a controlled substance by fraud; nursing license suspended | none documented | source |
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Oklahoma City Anesthesiologist Convicted of Diverting Hospital Opioids
2024-07-11
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Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Oklahoma City-area hospital operating rooms | Fentanyl, ketamine, hydromorphone, and midazolam | Claimed controlled substances were needed for surgeries he did not perform, then falsely reported disposing of the drugs while keeping them | not stated | Convicted by federal jury July 11, 2024, on 18 counts of obtaining a controlled substance by deceit | none documented | source |
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Texarkana pharmacist pleads guilty to falsifying records to conceal theft of methadone and other narcotics
2024-06
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Arkansas | Retail pharmacy in Texarkana | Methadone, oxycodone, hydromorphone, morphine (MS Contin), alprazolam and other controlled substances | not stated | Staff pharmacist | not stated | none documented | source |
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