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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Paramedic Stole and Diluted Ambulance Fentanyl and Hydromorphone
2020-09-17
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Missouri Carthage / Mount Vernon, Missouri |
Mercy EMS ambulance and office narcotics stock (Carthage/Mount Vernon, MO) | Fentanyl and hydromorphone vials | Punctured vials, removed drug, refilled with saline/water; under-dosed a patient to steal the rest | not stated | Pleaded guilty Sep 17, 2020; faced up to 10 years | 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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Montana Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Filling Fraudulent Opioid Prescriptions for Himself
2020-07-30
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Montana Ennis, Montana |
Pharmacist-in-charge, Ennis Pharmacy (Ennis, MT) | Hydrocodone (Norco 10-325mg) | Filled self-directed prescriptions never authorized by the named physician, and altered a friend's prescription strength and quantity before filling it himself | not stated | Pleaded guilty July 2020 to dispensing a controlled substance by a practitioner and obtaining a controlled substance by fraud; sentencing set for Nov. 19, 2020 | $125,000 (civil penalty) | source |
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Walgreens pharmacy technician diverted Norco 10 and Norco 7.5
2020-07
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Mississippi | Walgreens pharmacy | Norco 10 and Norco 7.5 | admitted to taking Norco 10 and Norco 7.5 from the Walgreens pharmacy where she worked | not stated | The board accepted the voluntary surrender of the pharmacy technician registration, revoked it, and imposed $250 in investigation costs. | none documented | source |
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Pharmacy technician diverted OxyContin from AccuDose machines at Baptist Medical Center
2020-07
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Mississippi | Baptist Medical Center | OxyContin | admitted to taking OxyContin from the AccuDose machines at Baptist Medical Center | not stated | The board accepted the voluntary surrender of the pharmacy technician registration, revoked it, and imposed $250 in investigation costs. | none documented | source |
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Pharmacy technician diverted Norco, Percocet, and MS Contin from Magee General Hospital pharmacy
2020-07
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Mississippi | Magee General Hospital pharmacy | Norco, Percocet and MS Contin | admitted to taking Norco, Percocet and MS Contin from the pharmacy at Magee General Hospital where she worked | not stated | The board accepted the voluntary surrender of the pharmacy technician registration, revoked it, and imposed $350 in investigation costs. | none documented | source |
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Eastern Iowa ICU Nurse Sentenced for Stealing Patient's Fentanyl and Morphine
2020-06-26
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Iowa Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
ICU, Cedar Rapids, Iowa hospital | Fentanyl and morphine | Over-obtained doses from pharmacy and withdrew drug directly from a patient's IV line | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced Jun 26, 2020 to federal prison | $5,500 (criminal fine) | source |
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