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Showing 185 of 730 cases · page 13 of 24.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Hartford hospital nurse placed on four-year probation for diverting opiates
2019-07
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Connecticut | Hartford Hospital | Opiates (unspecified), plus alcohol misuse | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Physician found guilty of operating a pill mill and prescribing opioids without legitimate medical purpose
2019-06
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Ohio Canton, OH |
medical office in Jackson Township | opioids and other drugs | prescribed opioids and other drugs without a legitimate medical purpose; operated a pill mill; aggravated trafficking in drugs; tampering with records; illegal processing of drug documents | not stated | Found guilty on 187 counts; sentencing scheduled for July 3, 2019 | none documented | source |
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Registered nurse alleged to have diverted a controlled substance from a nursing facility in Mukwonago
2018-11
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Wisconsin Mukwonago, WI |
a nursing facility (Facility A) | a controlled substance | Alleged to have diverted a controlled substance from the facility on or around November 7, 2018. | not stated | License surrender accepted; final decision and order dated September 10, 2020; no petition for reinstatement for at least one year and $632 costs before any application is considered. | none documented | source |
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Physician charged with health care fraud and distributing Suboxone without medical necessity through a clinic
2018-11
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Ohio Dublin, OH |
a Suboxone clinic | Suboxone | Charged in a federal indictment with a health care fraud scheme that involved marketing prescription creams in low-income neighborhoods and persistently mailing those creams to Medicaid customers, and with prescribing and distributing Suboxone without medical necessity. | not stated | Charged in a seven-count federal indictment on October 30, 2018; scheduled for an initial appearance in federal court. | none documented | source |
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Two South Denver pharmacists pleaded guilty to felony opioid distribution charges
2018-10-17
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Colorado | Pharmacy practice in south Denver, Colorado | Opioids and other controlled substances | not stated | Two licensed pharmacists | not stated | none documented | source |
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Arkansas nurse surrenders license after record reviews found controlled-substance diversion at two facilities
2018-09
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Arkansas | Academic medical center hospital in Little Rock and a second facility | Controlled substances (not specified) | not stated | Nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Delaware nurse who impersonated a doctor to obtain Xanax lost bid to regain license after permanent revocation
2018-02-22
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Delaware | not stated | Xanax | Impersonated a physician to obtain a prescription medication for personal use | Licensed nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Delaware nurse who obtained Xanax by impersonating a doctor loses bid to regain license
2018-02-22
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Delaware | not stated | Xanax, obtained by posing as a physician | not stated | Licensed nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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- Setting: stated in 649 of 730 cases (89%)
- Drug: stated in 657 of 730 cases (90%)
- Method: stated in 474 of 730 cases (65%)
- Prosecution status: stated in 474 of 730 cases (65%); a documented penalty (fine, settlement, or restitution) exists for 77 of 730 cases (11%)
- Role: stated in only 255 of 730 cases (35%) — 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
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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.