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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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UW Hospital nurse charged in morphine and hydromorphone syringe diversion
2014-03
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Wisconsin Madison, WI |
UW Hospital | morphine and hydromorphone | Admitted to hospital staff that she was diverting pain-management drugs and taking them for herself since October 2013; a police investigation found she accessed morphine syringes from a secured machine, replaced them with syringes containing water or an unknown liquid, and took the morphine syringes for herself in at least 42 instances. | not stated | Arrested on June 12 and was to be charged with 42 felony counts of diversion of drugs and 42 counts of reckless injury; no longer employed by UW Hospital. | none documented | source |
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New Jersey Pharmacist Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2014)
2014
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New Jersey New Jersey |
Pharmacist in charge of West Orange Pharmacy (New Jersey) | Oxycodone | Details are limited to what the source states; see the summary above | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2014) to 37 months in prison | none documented | source |
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Maryland Physician Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2014)
2014
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Maryland Maryland |
Physician (Maryland) | Fentanyl, oxycodone, morphine, hydrocodone, methadone | Charge as worded in the source: conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, hydrocodone, oxycodone, morphine and methadone | not stated | Sentenced (2014) to 12 months in prison | none documented | source |
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Virginia Prescriber Convicted in Opioid Diversion Case (2014)
2014
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Virginia Virginia |
Prescriber (Virginia) | Over 2,500 hydrocodone pills | Charge as worded in the source: possession with the intent to distribute and distributing hydrocodone; obtaining hydrocodone by fraud | not stated | Pleaded guilty; convicted (2014); sentence not reported in the source | none documented | source |
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Iowa Physician Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2014)
2014
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Iowa Iowa |
Physician (Iowa) | Hydrocodone | Charge as worded in the source: illegally dispensing hydrocodone resulting in death; health care fraud | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2014) to 60 months in prison | none documented | source |
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Illinois Physician Sentenced in Controlled Substance Diversion Case (2014)
2014
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Illinois Illinois |
Physician (Illinois) | Hydrocodone | Charge as worded in the source: health care fraud against the Illinois Medicaid program; illegal distribution of Schedule III (hydrocodone) and Schedule IV (Xanax) controlled substances | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2014) to 12 months in prison | none documented | source |
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Mississippi Pharmacist Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2014)
2014
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Mississippi Mississippi |
Pharmacist (Mississippi) | Hydrocodone | Charge as worded in the source: illegally distributing hydrocodone (one-count information) | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2014) to 6 months in prison, 24 months probation, $5,000 fine; license surrendered | $5,000 (criminal fine) | source |
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Traveling Radiologic Technologist Sentenced for Fentanyl Diversion and Multistate Hepatitis C Outbreak — New Hampshire, 2013
2013-12-02
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New Hampshire Exeter, New Hampshire |
Exeter Hospital, NH, and hospitals in at least seven other states (traveling technologist) | Fentanyl | Stole fentanyl syringes, self-injected, replaced with saline-filled used syringes | not stated | Pleaded guilty to 8 counts; sentenced to 39 years in federal prison | none documented | source |
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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.