Case Database
Filter every documented case by date, drug, state, setting, role, prosecution status, and penalty. Search accepts brand or generic drug names, facility names, and cities.
Showing 444 of 730 cases · page 2 of 56.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Former VA Medical Center Nurse Indicted for Stealing Hydromorphone
2026-08-21
|
Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota |
VA Medical Center (Minneapolis, MN) | Hydromorphone (opioid) | Fraudulent obtaining over ~13 months; charged under 21 U.S.C. § 843(a)(3) | not stated | Indicted Aug 21, 2026; presumed innocent | none documented | source |
|
Celina Pharmacy Owner and Two Pharmacies Banned from Handling Controlled Substances
2026-08-10
|
Tennessee Celina, Tennessee |
Dale Hollow Pharmacy + Xpress Pharmacy, Celina, TN | Oxycodone and other opioids, dispensed despite diversion red flags | Dispensed controlled substances without valid prescriptions/outside legitimate practice; falsely billed Medicare | not stated | Consent judgment $450,000 + CS ban through 2040 — entered Aug 3, 2026 (Weir separately sentenced Jun 18, 2026 to 24 months + $1.4M restitution) | $1,419,974 (restitution) | source |
|
Registered nurse accused of diverting morphine from OrthoNebraska surgical unit
2026-08
|
Nebraska Omaha, NE |
OrthoNebraska | morphine (4 mg vials) | Alleged entering fictitious orders in patient charts to divert morphine for himself; admitted diverting morphine by adding or changing the ordered amount, charting the difference, or charting medical 'waste'; accessed automated medication dispensing machine, sometimes using co-workers' login information. | not stated | Booked on seven felony counts of intentionally violating a narcotic drug law; placed on leave then later fired; scheduled court appearance. Nebraska nursing license was listed as active until Oct. 31, 2026, as of the report, with no disciplinary information shown. | none documented | source |
|
Missouri nurse forged oxycodone and Percocet prescriptions using a coworker's pad and DEA number
2026-07-10
|
Missouri | Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas; prescriptions filled at pharmacies in Kansas and Missouri | Oxycodone and Percocet (13 forged prescriptions; 1,980 tablets total) | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
|
LeMars Nurse Sentenced for Diverting Fentanyl and Hydromorphone, Falsifying Patient Records
2026-07-09
|
Iowa LeMars, Iowa |
Registered nurse / shift supervisor, healthcare facility (LeMars, IA) | Liquid fentanyl and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) | Entered false narcotics orders claiming physician authorization, diverted the drugs for personal use, falsified or failed to complete related patient charting | not stated | Pleaded guilty Mar 9, 2026; sentenced Jul 9, 2026 to 30 months prison + $1,000 fine + 1 year supervised release | $1,000 (criminal fine) | source |
|
Yellow Springs pharmacy oxycodone/acetaminophen substitution found during inventory
2026-07
|
Ohio Yellow Springs, OH |
Yellow Springs Pharmacy | oxycodone/acetaminophen 10/325 mg tablets, a Schedule II controlled substance | two 100-count bottles had 200 tablets removed and replaced with acetaminophen 325 mg tablets; the loss was not reported to the Board | not stated | Board found violations and imposed a $5,000 monetary penalty | none documented | source |
|
Muncie hospital pharmacy license put on probation after pharmacy manager diverted opioids using unused transaction types
2026-07
|
Indiana Muncie, IN |
IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital | hydromorphone, methadone, morphine | The attorney general's administrative complaint alleged the hospital failed over a 44-month period to maintain effective controls against theft and diversion of controlled substances, allowing a pharmacy manager to repeatedly remove Schedule II narcotics through normally-unused transaction types while disguising the withdrawals as legitimate transfers to two outpatient clinics. Investigators said the reported losses included more than 32,000 milliliters of hydromorphone, more than 3,300 milliliters of methadone solution, more than 4,000 methadone tablets and smaller amounts of morphine, with the hospital estimating its loss at more than $121,000. | not stated | The Indiana Board of Pharmacy voted 3-2 to accept a revised settlement placing the hospital's pharmacy license and controlled substance registration on indefinite probation for at least three years, imposing the maximum $44,000 civil fine plus a $5 statutory fee, and requiring quarterly independent audits, two unannounced compliance inspections, a drug diversion certificate program for pharmacy leadership and additional diversion-prevention continuing education. | none documented | source |
|
Registered nurse charged with unlawfully obtaining oxycodone, hydromorphone and fentanyl at a Horry County hospital
2026-07
|
South Carolina Horry County, SC |
Grand Strand Medical Center | oxycodone, hydromorphone and fentanyl | Charged with theft of controlled substances after allegedly unlawfully obtaining quantities of oxycodone, hydromorphone and fentanyl on dates between Jan. 10 and April 11 while working as a registered nurse; also accused of furnishing false material or omitting material from an application, report or other required document, and the whereabouts of the medication could not be accounted for. | not stated | Arrested and charged with three counts of theft of controlled substances and nine counts of violation of drug distribution law; released from J. Reuben Long Detention Center on a $12,000 bond. The South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation temporarily suspended the nurse's license on April 22, 2026; the hospital's parent company said the individual was no longer employed after an internal investigation. | none documented | source |
Every filtered view has its own URL, so it can be linked or bookmarked. The same filters work on the JSON feed: /api/cases.json.
What each column does and doesn't cover
Every case states When (date) and Where (state) — 730 of 730. Beyond that, a blank cell means the source record does not state that fact, not that it did not happen:
- Setting: stated in 649 of 730 cases (89%)
- Drug: stated in 657 of 730 cases (90%)
- Method: stated in 474 of 730 cases (65%)
- Prosecution status: stated in 474 of 730 cases (65%); a documented penalty (fine, settlement, or restitution) exists for 77 of 730 cases (11%)
- Role: stated in only 255 of 730 cases (35%) — filtering or sorting by role silently hides the rest of the registry, which may still describe the same role in prose without a structured field
Disclaimer
Case summaries are based on public records (DOJ press releases, court documents, news reports). Charges are allegations unless a conviction is noted. Analysis is educational, not legal advice.
Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.