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Showing 185 of 730 cases · page 11 of 24.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Registered pharmacy technician took controlled substances from a pharmacy for purposes of sale
2021-08
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Texas | a pharmacy | controlled substances | took controlled substances from the pharmacy for purposes of sale | not stated | 30-day suspension and 5 years probation | none documented | source |
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Registered pharmacy technician took controlled substances from a pharmacy for use by a family member
2021-08
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Texas | a pharmacy | controlled substances | took controlled substances from the pharmacy for use by a family member | not stated | revocation | none documented | source |
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Registered nurse accused of diverting controlled substances from Wisconsin health care facilities
2021-03
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Wisconsin Waukesha, WI |
multiple health care facilities in Wisconsin | controlled substances | Alleged diversion of controlled substances from facilities for personal use and repeated improper administration and wasting of controlled substances; complaints also alleged obtaining and ingesting steroids without a prescription, stealing saline syringes, impairment at work, and failed reasonable suspicion drug tests. | not stated | Interim order suspending the registered nurse license pending final resolution; the nurse voluntarily agreed not to practice in Wisconsin or under multistate privileges during the investigation. | none documented | source |
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Meriden pharmacy settled after DEA audit found 2,000-tablet controlled substance shortage
2021-03
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Connecticut | Community pharmacy in Meriden | Various controlled substances | not stated | Retail pharmacy and its owner (DEA registrant) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Former Ennis pharmacist pleaded guilty to opioid distribution and was sentenced to prison and fined
2020-11
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Montana | Pharmacy, Ennis | Opioids | not stated | Pharmacist (former) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Minnesota pharmacist-in-charge reprimanded after technician diverted over 18,000 doses of controlled substances
2020-09
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Minnesota | Pharmacy | Twenty-five different controlled substances plus gabapentin | not stated | Pharmacist-in-charge (supervising pharmacist) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Virginia Rite Aid Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Filling Fraudulent Prescriptions in Pets' Names
2020-06-02
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Virginia Saltville, Virginia |
Pharmacist, Rite Aid (Saltville, VA) | Controlled substances prescribed nominally to five dogs | Filled ~47 fraudulent/altered prescriptions written in pets' names via his girlfriend's veterinary clinic, including after one animal's death, to obtain drugs for personal use | not stated | Pleaded guilty June 2020 to obtaining drugs by fraud and misuse of a DEA registration number; sentencing set for Aug. 28, 2020 | none documented | source |
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Missouri Nurse's Probation Extended Over Employer Medication Diversion
2020-04
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Missouri Missouri |
not stated | Prescription medications and syringes; facility and specific drug not named in the court opinion | Unlawfully took and consumed medications requiring a prescription from her employer over several months in 2019 | not stated | Board imposed 3 years' probation with random screening in April 2020; extended the probation by 4 years in November 2022 after a positive alcohol metabolite test; Court of Appeals affirmed the board's action May 28, 2024 | none documented | source |
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- Drug: stated in 657 of 730 cases (90%)
- Method: stated in 474 of 730 cases (65%)
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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.