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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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West Virginia Hospital System Settles Federal Controlled-Substance Recordkeeping Case
2026-07-13
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West Virginia Morgantown, West Virginia |
West Virginia University Health System facilities, including J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, WV | Controlled substances broadly; DEA said most diverted drugs were abused by the medical providers who took them | Between 2017 and 2024, WVUHS facilities systemwide failed to notify the DEA of thefts or significant losses of controlled substances, made errors in controlled-substance orders, failed to maintain accurate and current inventory records, and failed to ensure proper authority for DEA order forms, despite internal reports as early as 2017-2022 of suspected employee diversion | not stated | Agreed to pay $4,177,139 and sign a three-year Memorandum of Agreement with the DEA, announced July 13, 2026 | none documented | source |
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Pennsylvania mail-order pharmacy technician accused of diverting wakefulness-drug tablets
2026-04-29
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Pennsylvania | Health system mail-order pharmacy, Elysburg | Solriamfetol tablets, sold under the brand Sunosi; 300 tablets unaccounted for | not stated | Pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Pennsylvania health system pays $2.75M to resolve DOJ claims over pharmacy technician diversion
2025-07-02
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Pennsylvania | Hospital pharmacy within a Pennsylvania health system | Controlled substances (specific drugs not identified) | not stated | Pharmacy technician (unnamed) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Virginia Nurse License Suspended Over Roanoke-Area Hospital Opioid Diversion
2023-03
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Virginia Roanoke and Blacksburg, Virginia |
Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, VA; LewisGale Hospital, Blacksburg, VA | Opioids | Took pain medication from patients reporting severe pain, falsely documented it had been administered, and used the diverted opioids herself while on duty; did not disclose a prior termination from a senior living facility to either hospital | not stated | Virginia Board of Nursing suspended the nursing license, reported March 2023 | none documented | source |
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Prisma Health Midlands Pays $1 Million in Record South Carolina CSA Settlement
2022-04-05
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South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina |
Prisma Health Midlands hospital system (Columbia, SC) | Controlled substances — recordkeeping/dispensing violations | Failed to notify DEA within one business day of thefts/significant losses over a 3-year period; pharmacy filled prescriptions with no legitimate medical purpose for two patients later convicted of drug distribution | not stated | Civil settlement (memorandum of agreement), $1 million — announced Apr 5, 2022; largest CSA settlement in SC history | $1,000,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Sentara Norfolk Pharmacy Technician Stole 50,000+ Controlled Substance Units
2021-08-13
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Virginia Norfolk, Virginia |
Hospital pharmacy (Sentara Norfolk General Hospital), Virginia | Prescription opioids and other controlled substances (50,000+ dosage units) | Exploited his role restocking the automated medication dispensing/monitoring system, falsifying records and intercepting audit reports to hide the theft | not stated | Pleaded guilty to acquiring controlled substances by fraud; faced up to 4 years in prison | none documented | source |
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Magoffin County Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Hospital Medication
2019-10-30
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Kentucky Salyersville, Kentucky |
Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center (Salyersville/Magoffin County, KY) | Butorphanol tartrate (Stadol) | Removed vials from drug supply area, refilled with saline | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced Oct 30, 2019 to 24 months | none documented | source |
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Hartford Hospital Nurse Disciplined for Diverting Opiates
2019-07-17
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Connecticut Hartford, CT |
Hospital (Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut) | Opiates | Diverted opiates from the hospital for personal use over roughly four months | not stated | Connecticut consent order, July 17, 2019: four years' probation, one-year bar on controlled-substance access | none documented | source |
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