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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Mount Pleasant pharmacy technician charged with stealing OxyContin and Adderall from CVS pharmacy
2022-03
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South Carolina Mount Pleasant, SC |
CVS Pharmacy on Ben Sawyer Boulevard | OxyContin and Adderall | Allegedly stole tablets of OxyContin and Adderall from the pharmacy while working as a pharmacy technician. | not stated | Charged with two counts of theft of a controlled substance; booked into the Al Cannon Detention Center and later released on own recognizance. | none documented | source |
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Illinois Dentist Charged with Tampering with Patients' Fentanyl
2022-02-10
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Illinois Rochester, Illinois |
Dentist, Rochester, IL practice | Fentanyl — surgical anesthesia vials | Pierced fentanyl vials before patient surgeries, removed half the drug for personal use, refilled vials with another solution and administered the diluted fentanyl as anesthesia | not stated | Indicted Feb 1, 2022 on 8 counts of drug diversion + 8 counts of acquiring a controlled substance by fraud + tampering + false statements; arrested Feb 7, 2022 | $200,000 (criminal fine) | source |
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Nurse Arrested for Stealing 1,400+ Vials of Fentanyl from Long Island Hospital
2021-05-18
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New York Manhasset, New York |
Nurse, cardiac unit, North Shore University Hospital (Manhasset, NY) | Fentanyl — 1,467 vials + midazolam — 223 vials | Used her fingerprint and ID number to access a medication dispensing machine 50+ times over ~2.5 months, noting a patient's name against each withdrawal though none of the drugs were administered to patients | not stated | Arrested and arraigned May 18, 2021 on state charges incl. 3rd-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, grand larceny, and falsifying business records | none documented | source |
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Pembina County Long-Term Care Nurse Charged With Stealing Resident Narcotics
2020-04-13
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North Dakota Mountain, North Dakota |
Long-term care facility in Pembina County, North Dakota | Hydrocodone/APAP, oxycodone, and transdermal fentanyl patches | Allegedly substituted over-the-counter medication for residents' prescribed opioids from March-November 2017; discovered via a tampered medication card | not stated | Charged April 13, 2020 with 9 felony counts of theft of a prescription, 2 felony counts of reckless endangerment, and 1 misdemeanor theft count - the first case brought by the state's new Medicaid Fraud Control Unit | none documented | source |
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Hilo clinic physician and employees accused of unlawfully distributing opioids
2019-02
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Hawaii Hilo, HI |
a medical clinic in Hilo | hydrocodone, oxycodone, fentanyl and morphine | accused of prescribing and unlawfully distributing powerful narcotics, sedatives and opioids such as hydrocodone, oxycodone, fentanyl and morphine | not stated | arrested; scheduled to stand trial in U.S. District Court in June | none documented | source |
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Three former Trinity Hospital hospice nurses accused of stealing drugs and endangering patients
2017-09
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North Dakota Minot, ND |
Trinity Hospital's Home Health and Hospice program | morphine and hydromorphine; drugs prescribed for hospice patients | Accused of stealing drugs prescribed for hospice patients; two charged with endangering a patient by diluting medication or giving morphine instead of prescribed hydromorphine; alleged conspiracy to steal drugs; one allegedly confessed to ingesting unused medication and self-administering for over a year; investigation found multiple drug diversions in records of 104 patients. | not stated | Charged with felony offenses; two voluntarily surrendered nursing licenses after admitting to board allegations; one arrested and signed promise to appear. | none documented | source |
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Ogden hospital emergency room nurse charged with diverting morphine and dilaudid and tampering with vials, exposing patients to hepatitis C
2017-07
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Utah Ogden, UT |
McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden and Davis Hospital and Medical Center in Layton | morphine and dilaudid | Alleged diversion of controlled substances by injecting herself with morphine and dilaudid and then administering the tampered drugs to patients | not stated | Indicted on eight counts of tampering with a consumer product and eight counts of fraudulently obtaining a controlled substance; surrendered nursing license in November 2015 | none documented | source |
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Scottsdale Surgery Center Nurse Surrenders License After Diverting Fentanyl and Dilaudid
2017-05-02
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Arizona Scottsdale, AZ |
Ambulatory surgery center (Scottsdale, AZ) | Fentanyl and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) | Tampered with narcotic vials on hand at the surgery center and refilled them with sterile saline to conceal the theft | not stated | Surrendered Arizona nursing license May 2, 2017; later indicted on 23 drug-diversion felony counts | none documented | source |
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