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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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South Dakota medication aide charged with ingesting a substance to become intoxicated in 2017 health care fraud sweep
2017-07-13
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South Dakota | not specified in release; one of two cases in Yankton County and Turner County | not specified (substance other than alcohol) | not stated | medication aide | not stated | none documented | source |
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Physician allegedly took back patients' prescribed controlled substances for personal use and falsified records to justify prescribing
2017-07
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New Mexico Moriarty, NM |
private medical practice | opioid drugs | State medical board alleged the physician resumed personal unlawful use of opioid drugs, thwarted required drug screenings, diverted controlled substances he had prescribed to patients back from those patients for his own personal use, and falsified medical records to justify the prescribing of controlled substances. | not stated | DEA revoked the physician's DEA Certificate of Registration and denied any pending applications after the state medical board summarily suspended his medical license | none documented | source |
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Physician accused of taking back prescribed opioids from patients for personal use and falsifying records
2017-07
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New Mexico Moriarty, NM |
Moriarty, NM | opioid drugs / controlled substances | Alleged to have resumed personal use of opioid drugs, prescribed large and varied amounts of controlled substances to patients without adequate medical justification, taken back controlled substances he had prescribed to patients for his own personal use, and falsified medical records to justify the prescribing | not stated | DEA revoked his Certificate of Registration; revocation was based on the resulting suspension of his state medical license, not on an adjudication of the diversion allegations, which remained contested and pending before the state medical board | none documented | source |
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Alaska registered nurse reprimanded for diverting narcotics from employer for personal use
2017-05
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Alaska | her employer | various narcotics | intentionally misappropriated various narcotics from her employer for personal use | not stated | public reprimand; consent agreement | none documented | source |
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Registered nurse reprimanded for misappropriating narcotics from employer for personal use
2017-05
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Alaska | employer | various narcotics | intentional misappropriation of various narcotics from employer for personal use | not stated | Consent Agreement; public reprimand | none documented | source |
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Pharmaceutical distributor pays record $150 million penalty over unreported suspicious controlled-substance orders
2017-01-17
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New Jersey | Distribution centers serving independent and small chain pharmacies | Controlled substances (suspicious orders) | not stated | Pharmaceutical distributor (DEA registrant) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Registered nurse admitted diverting controlled dangerous substances while working in an Oregon regional corrections system
2016-09
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New Jersey Wasco County, Oregon |
Northern Oregon Regional Corrections system | controlled dangerous substances | admitted diverting controlled dangerous substances while working as a nurse in the corrections system; separately convicted in Oregon of Supplying Contraband, Theft and a controlled substance offense, and voluntarily surrendered the Oregon nursing license | not stated | reprimanded for violating N.J.S.A. 45:1-21(f); petition to reactivate the New Jersey registered nurse license granted, conditioned on continued participation in and compliance with the board's Recovery and Monitoring Program | none documented | source |
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Cleveland-area diet clinic pill mill indicted for trafficking phentermine and scheduled stimulants
2016-08
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Ohio Cleveland, OH |
Diet Med Clinics in Mayfield Heights, Fairview Park, and Mentor | phentermine and scheduled stimulants | indicted for running a pill mill that illegally sold more than a million doses of weight loss medication; a physician allegedly used credentials to purchase large quantities of scheduled stimulants while having little or no patient contact as hundreds of thousands of doses were dispensed directly from the clinics | not stated | charged in a 227-count indictment with Engaging in a Pattern of Corrupt Activity, Drug Trafficking, and Money Laundering; arraignment scheduled for September 1 | none documented | source |
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- Method: stated in 474 of 730 cases (65%)
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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.