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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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Facility Administrator Sentenced for Diverting Opioids From Five Senior-Care Facilities
2025-05-28
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Iowa Iowa |
Administrator, five nursing and senior living facilities, Iowa (Sept. 2021-Nov. 2022) | Fentanyl patches, hydrocodone, morphine, oxycodone | Stole medications from facilities' narcotics emergency kits and locked medication carts and rooms | not stated | Sentenced May 28, 2025 to 3 years probation, a $5,000 fine, and $1,975.61 restitution | $5,000 (criminal fine) | source |
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Illinois nursing-facility administrator sentenced to probation for diverting opioids from emergency kits and medication carts
2025-05-28
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Illinois | At least five healthcare facilities (federal case prosecuted in the Southern District of Iowa) | Fentanyl patches, hydrocodone, morphine, oxycodone | not stated | Administrator at nursing and senior living facilities | not stated | none documented | source |
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Oklahoma hospital night-shift nurse disciplined after morphine waste questioned and patient reported no dose
2025-05-20
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Oklahoma | Hospital | Morphine (Schedule II controlled dangerous substance) | not stated | Registered nurse working as a staff nurse on the 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift | not stated | none documented | source |
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Oklahoma pharmacy technician altered oxycodone counts under coworkers' credentials and sold the pills
2025-05-07
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Oklahoma | Pharmacy (employer not named in source) | Oxycodone HCl 10 mg and 15 mg (1,171 tablets) | not stated | Pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Pharmacist and Spouse Sentenced for Diverting Opioids From Kentucky Pharmacy
2025-05-05
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Kentucky Franklin, Kentucky |
Pharmacist-owner and spouse, retail pharmacy, Franklin, KY, May 2020-Jan. 2023 | Oxycodone and hydrocodone | Diverted opioids from pharmacy stock for resale/trade; fraudulently billed Medicaid and insurers; falsely reported a robbery to the DEA to explain missing inventory | not stated | Convicted on conspiracy, theft-of-medical-products, unlawful distribution, and health care fraud counts; pharmacist sentenced to 3 years prison plus $17,518.19 restitution, spouse to 2 years plus $5,730.43 restitution | $17,518 (restitution) | source |
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Detroit-area emergency room nurse pleads guilty to tampering with fentanyl vials
2025-05
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Michigan | Hospital emergency room in the Detroit area | Fentanyl (Schedule II) | not stated | Registered nurse (emergency room) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Traveling Nurse Sentenced for Tampering With Morphine at Massachusetts Rehabilitation Facility
2025-04-04
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Massachusetts Danvers, Massachusetts |
Traveling/contract registered nurse, nursing and rehabilitation facility, Danvers, MA (assignment Dec. 2021-May 2022) | Morphine | Diverted morphine from patient-assigned bottles and diluted the remaining liquid to disguise the theft; caught via a law-enforcement controlled operation comparing bottles before and after her shift | not stated | Pleaded guilty Nov. 2024 to tampering with a consumer product; sentenced April 4, 2025 to 3 months prison plus 2 years supervised release, barred from nursing or controlled-substance-access work | none documented | source |
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