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Showing 85 of 730 cases · page 9 of 11.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Perryville pharmacy owner sentenced to 10 years for selling opioids off pharmacy shelves and forging prescriptions
2017-09-27
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Arkansas | Independent pharmacy in Perryville | Oxycodone and hydrocodone (Schedule II, III and IV pills) | not stated | Managing pharmacist and co-owner | not stated | none documented | source |
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Nevada grocery-pharmacy technician accused of diverting hydrocodone, amphetamine and oxycodone tablets from patient bottles
2017-08
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Nevada | Retail grocery-chain pharmacy | Hydrocodone/acetaminophen, amphetamine salts and oxycodone (alleged) | not stated | Registered pharmaceutical technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Carlsbad Pharmacy Technician Pleads Guilty to Stealing Oxycodone
2016-12-20
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New Mexico Carlsbad, New Mexico |
Southwest Pharmacy (Carlsbad, NM) | Oxycodone — approximately 20,344 tablets alleged stolen over the employment period | Pharmacy technician took pills directly from stock bottles for personal use | not stated | Pleaded guilty Dec 20, 2016 to misdemeanor unlawful possession of a controlled substance | $1,000 (criminal fine) | source |
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New Mexico pharmacy technician pleaded guilty after oxycodone theft report from Carlsbad pharmacy
2016-12-20
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New Mexico | Retail pharmacy in Carlsbad, Eddy County | Oxycodone tablets | not stated | Pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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New Mexico pharmacy technician charged federally after 20,000-plus oxycodone tablets reported stolen
2016-09-23
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New Mexico | Retail pharmacy, Carlsbad, New Mexico | Oxycodone tablets of various strengths; pharmacy reported 20,344 tablets stolen | not stated | Pharmacy technician (former employee of the pharmacy) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Pharmacy technician diverted over 216,000 Norco tablets from a retail pharmacy while the pharmacist-in-charge failed to detect the theft
2015-08
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California West Hills, CA |
retail pharmacy (Target) | Norco (hydrocodone/acetaminophen) | A pharmacy technician diverted the drug over a roughly two-year period by repeatedly ordering large quantities to be delivered on days she worked, intercepting and hiding the bottles in the storeroom, destroying the packing invoices, and removing the drugs to her car while the on-duty pharmacist was on break. The pharmacist-in-charge failed to review delivery invoices, restrict access to the phone-ordering passcode, or conduct random audits that could have detected the diversion sooner. | not stated | The California State Board of Pharmacy found grounds for discipline after a hearing and revoked the pharmacist-in-charge's license but stayed the revocation, placing the license on three years' probation with conditions; a petition for writ of administrative mandate challenging the discipline was denied, and the Court of Appeal affirmed. | none documented | source |
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Twin Falls Pharmacy Technician Sentenced for Selling Stolen Oxycodone
2015-05-19
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Idaho Twin Falls, Idaho |
Retail pharmacy (Twin Falls, ID) | Oxycodone and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) tablets | Stole bottles from pharmacy stock; arranged street sales via text and glove-box drops | not stated | Sentenced May 19, 2015 to 12 months + 1 day in federal prison | $1,000 (criminal fine) | source |
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Twin Falls Pharmacy Technician Sold Stolen Oxycodone and Hydromorphone Tablets from Pharmacy Stock
2015-05
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Idaho Twin Falls, ID |
Retail pharmacy, Twin Falls, ID | Oxycodone and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) tablets | Stole bottles of controlled-substance prescriptions from pharmacy stock, arranged sales by text message, and left the bottles in a car glove box in the pharmacy parking lot in exchange for cash | not stated | Sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison, three years supervised release, and a $1,000 fine | none documented | source |
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