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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Rawlins physician sentenced federally for dispensing medically unnecessary controlled substances
2020-12
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Wyoming Rawlins, WY |
medical practice in Rawlins, Wyoming | oxycodone, alprazolam, hydrocodone, tramadol and other controlled substances | Pleaded guilty to 20 counts of dispensing medically unnecessary controlled substances; prosecutors said some patients were addicts or became addicted, that drugs were traded for sexual favors, and that 430 oxycodone pills were prescribed to a young female patient in return for lewd photographs. | not stated | Sentenced to 20 concurrent five-year prison terms, six years of supervised release, a $2,000 special assessment and $400 restitution; license previously suspended by the state medical board. | none documented | source |
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Southwest Michigan nurse summarily suspended over alleged fentanyl-for-saline substitution
2020-10-28
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Michigan | Southwest Michigan healthcare workplace | Fentanyl (allegedly replaced with saline) | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Maui physician charged with unlawful distribution of hydrocodone after undercover visits
2020-10-08
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Hawaii | Private medical practice in Kahului, Maui, with a second office in Hilo | Hydrocodone (schedule II opioid) | not stated | Physician (medical doctor) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Nursing Home Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Hospice Patient's Oxycodone
2020-10-02
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Massachusetts Dighton, Massachusetts |
Registered nurse, Dighton Care and Rehabilitation Center (Dighton, MA) | Oxycodone — 3 blister-card packages | Removed oxycodone from a hospice patient's blister packs and substituted other pills disguised to look like oxycodone | not stated | Pleaded guilty Oct. 2, 2020 to tampering with a consumer product; sentencing set for Jan. 19, 2021 | none documented | source |
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Buffalo-Area Medical Office Manager Sentenced for Stealing Controlled Substances via Forged Prescriptions
2020-09-17
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New York Buffalo, New York |
Office manager, physician's practice (Williamsville/Buffalo, NY) | Hydrocodone and oxycodone — 166 fraudulent prescriptions, ~11,885 dosage units | Used the physician's prescription pad and electronic prescribing token to issue fraudulent scripts in her own name, associates' names, and fictitious patients, then filled them at local pharmacies | not stated | Convicted of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud; sentenced Sept. 17, 2020 to two years' probation and $1,911.23 restitution | $1,911 (restitution) | source |
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Nurse Sentenced to 5 Years for Tampering with Hospice Patient's Morphine
2020-09-14
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Massachusetts Danvers / Amesbury, Massachusetts |
RN, Hunt Nursing and Rehab (Danvers, MA) + Maplewood Care and Rehab (Amesbury, MA) | Morphine sulfate | Extracted morphine from patients' prescribed bottles, diluted to as little as 1.2%-26% of prescribed concentration by refilling with another liquid | not stated | Pleaded guilty Jul 2019; sentenced to 60 months + 3 yrs supervised release | none documented | source |
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Nurse accused of diverting fentanyl and hydromorphone at Danville hospital
2020-05
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Virginia Danville, VA |
Sovah Health-Danville | fentanyl and injectable hydromorphone | Was accused of diverting and tampering with vials of fentanyl and injectable hydromorphone intended for patients; hospital discovered that tops of several vials had been removed or tampered with, including 14 of 20 fentanyl vials whose tops popped off and one vial with a dry white film appearing to be superglue. | not stated | Was already serving a three-year prison sentence for tampering with consumer products at Sovah Health-Danville. | none documented | source |
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Anchorage nurse practitioner charged with manslaughter and drug distribution for opioid prescriptions without office visits
2020-03
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Alaska Anchorage, AK |
Surgical Specialists of Alaska | diazepam, oxycodone, tramadol, hydrocodone, and Ambien | Alleged: used position as a nurse practitioner to fraudulently give a patient and others vast quantities of prescription opioids; routinely prescribed controlled substances to friends and acquaintances without office visits, chart notes, rationalization, or explanation, often via text or the internet; agreed to meet to write a prescription after a request for pain pills. | not stated | Indicted on 18 felony counts including manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide plus drug distribution counts; pleaded not guilty; license suspended by the Alaska Board of Nursing. An outside review found no justification for many of the prescriptions; the nursing board had previously suspended the practitioner's license. | none documented | source |
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