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Showing 444 of 730 cases · page 9 of 56.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Oklahoma grocery-chain pharmacy technician admitted stealing and selling hydrocodone and alprazolam
2025-08-13
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Oklahoma | Grocery-chain retail pharmacy in Oklahoma | Hydrocodone stock bottles, hydrocodone-acetaminophen 10mg/325mg and alprazolam | not stated | Pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Stamford Nurse Tampered with Hydromorphone and Fentanyl Vials
2025-08-12
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Connecticut Stamford, Connecticut |
Outpatient surgical center, Stamford, CT | Hydromorphone + fentanyl vials | Extracted with syringe, refilled with saline/water, returned to storage | not stated | Sentenced Aug 12, 2025 — 5 months prison + 3 yrs supervised release + $5K fine | $5,000 (criminal fine) | source |
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Lakeland Nurse Sentenced to 5+ Years for Stealing Fentanyl at Five Tampa Bay Hospitals
2025-08-08
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Florida Lakeland, Florida |
Multiple hospitals, Tampa Bay area, FL | Fentanyl — IV bags and secure medication lockers | Diverted patients' IV fentanyl into a cup or locker, diluted a bag ~50% with saline, self-injected | not stated | Pleaded guilty Apr 28, 2025; sentenced to 5 years 3 months in federal prison | none documented | source |
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West Virginia Veterinarian Ordered to Pay $956,709 Over Unaccounted-For Opioids
2025-08-05
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West Virginia Winfield, West Virginia |
Veterinary practice, Putnam County, WV | Oxycodone HCL and hydrocodone/acetaminophen | Ordered opioids far in excess of legitimate need, failed to secure or record them, and fabricated dispensing records to cover a 6,593-dose-unit shortfall found during a DEA inspection | not stated | Default judgment of $956,709 in civil penalties ordered Aug. 5, 2025; DEA registration surrendered | $956,709 (civil penalty) | source |
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Pharmacy Owner Sentenced for Diverting Opioids From His Own Iowa Pharmacy
2025-07-28
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Iowa Fairfield, Iowa |
Pharmacist, owner/operator of Summit Pharmacy of Iowa, Fairfield, IA (June 2022-Nov. 2023) | Oxycodone and hydrocodone (3,500+ pills) and carisoprodol (400+ pills) | Ordered pills without recording them in pharmacy inventory, took stock pills, and pulled pills from the controlled-substance take-back collection bin | not stated | Sentenced July 28, 2025 to 4 years probation and a $9,500 fine | $9,500 (criminal fine) | source |
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Travel Nurse Sentenced for Diverting Hydromorphone at West Virginia Hospital
2025-07-03
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West Virginia Beckley, West Virginia |
Travel nurse, Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV (employed Sept. 2021-Feb. 2022) | Hydromorphone | Used own biometrics and a patient's health information to open an automated medication dispensing/monitoring machine, siphoned off drug, diluted the remaining vial, and voided transactions to conceal the theft | not stated | Pleaded guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and wrongful disclosure of health information; sentenced July 3, 2025 to 5 years prison; nursing license suspended indefinitely. Of the 5-year sentence, two years were for obtaining a controlled substance and three years for wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information. | none documented | source |
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Traveling Nurse Diverted Hydromorphone from Beckley Hospital Using Patients' Health Information
2025-07-03
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West Virginia Beckley, WV |
Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV | Hydromorphone | Used biometrics and patients' health information to check out hydromorphone, siphoned off part of each vial, diluted the remainder, and canceled the transactions to conceal the removals | not stated | Sentenced Jul 3, 2025, to five years in prison; nursing privilege in WV indefinitely suspended | none documented | source |
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Travel nurse at Beckley hospital diverted hydromorphone, sentenced to five years
2025-07
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West Virginia | Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, WV | Hydromorphone | not stated | Travel nurse (Kentucky resident) working in southern West Virginia | not stated | none documented | source |
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