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Showing 588 of 931 cases · page 61 of 74.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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California respiratory care practitioner surrendered license after being found with four fentanyl syringes not needed for work
2017-03-23
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California | not stated | Fentanyl | not stated | Respiratory care practitioner | not stated | none documented | source |
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VA Hospital Pharmacy Employees Charged with Stealing and Selling Opioids
2017-02-08
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Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas |
VA John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital (Little Rock, AR) | Oxycodone, hydrocodone, promethazine with codeine syrup | Pharmacy tech used VA supplier web-portal access to order excess drugs, falsified invoices, redistributed to coworkers | not stated | Federal indictment unsealed Feb 8, 2017; 8 counts including conspiracy to steal and distribute | none documented | source |
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Minnesota pharmacist diverted hydrocodone, zolpidem and tramadol for years and altered records; license suspended indefinitely
2017-02
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Minnesota | Multiple pharmacies where the licensee practiced | Hydrocodone/acetaminophen, zolpidem, tramadol | not stated | Pharmacist | not stated | none documented | source |
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MedStar Ambulance Paramedic Supervisor Charged with Tampering with Fentanyl and Morphine
2017-01-18
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Illinois O'Fallon, Illinois |
MedStar Ambulance Inc. (O'Fallon / Metro East St. Louis, IL) | Fentanyl and morphine — ambulance narcotic supply | Punctured tamper-resistant vial packaging with a needle, replaced drug with water/saline, falsified records to conceal losses | not stated | Indicted Jan 18, 2017; convicted on all 38 counts; sentenced Aug 21, 2018 to 111 months | none documented | source |
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Traveling nurse surrendered license after admitting to stealing fentanyl from Massachusetts hospital
2017
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Massachusetts Newburyport, MA |
Anna Jaques Hospital | fentanyl, morphine, hydromorphone | Stealing fentanyl, morphine and hydromorphone from the hospital; admitted to stealing 27 doses of fentanyl for patients already discharged. | not stated | Surrendered license as a traveling nurse in 2017. | none documented | source |
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Michigan Physician Convicted in Opioid Diversion Case (2017)
2017
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Michigan Michigan |
Physician (Michigan) | Oxycodone, hydromorphone | Charge as worded in the source: five counts of unlawfully distributing Oxycodone and Dilaudid | not stated | Convicted by a jury at trial; convicted (2017); sentence not reported in the source | none documented | source |
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Missouri Physician Convicted in Opioid Diversion Case (2017)
2017
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Missouri Missouri |
Physician (Missouri) | Oxycodone, hydrocodone | Charge as worded in the source: fraudulently obtaining pain relief drugs, including Percocet and Norco, by writing over seventy false prescriptions | not stated | Pleaded guilty; convicted (2017); sentence not reported in the source | none documented | source |
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Michigan Physician Convicted in Opioid Diversion Case (2017, case 2)
2017
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Michigan Michigan |
Physician (Michigan) | Oxycodone | Charge as worded in the source: four counts of unlawfully distributing Oxycodone | not stated | Convicted by a jury at trial; convicted (2017); sentence not reported in the source | none documented | source |
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- Setting: stated in 850 of 931 cases (91%)
- Drug: stated in 858 of 931 cases (92%)
- Method: stated in 675 of 931 cases (73%)
- Prosecution status: stated in 675 of 931 cases (73%); a documented penalty (fine, settlement, or restitution) exists for 107 of 931 cases (11%)
- Role: stated in only 255 of 931 cases (27%) — 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.