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Showing 56 of 730 cases · page 1 of 7.
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CVS Agrees to Pay $315M Over Unlawfully Filled Opioid Prescriptions and False Claims
2026-10-13
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Rhode Island Rhode Island |
CVS Pharmacy Inc. and related corporate entities, pharmacy chain based in Rhode Island; complaint filed Dec. 13, 2024 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island | Opioids and other controlled substances, including "trinity" prescriptions (an opioid, a benzodiazepine and a muscle relaxant) | Alleged: filled prescriptions that lacked a legitimate medical purpose or were not issued in the usual course of professional practice (dangerous and excessive opioid quantities, early fills, pill-mill prescribers) despite red flags, then billed many to federal healthcare programs | not stated | Civil settlement announced Oct. 13, 2026: $315 million, plus a memorandum of agreement with DEA requiring a reporting hotline for employees and the public, proactive monitoring of pharmacy dispensing patterns, and a process to evaluate suspected prescribers. Whistleblower Hillary Estright's share not yet determined (U.S. ex rel. Estright v. CVS Health Corp., No. 22-cv-00222, D.R.I.) | $315,000,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Massachusetts Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Diverting Controlled Substances from New Hampshire Pharmacy
2026-08-17
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New Hampshire Lancaster, New Hampshire |
Per-diem pharmacist, pharmacy in northern New Hampshire (Lancaster, NH) | Capsuled controlled-substance medication powder and prescription pills | Removed medication meant for patients and kept it, ingesting some while on duty | not stated | Pleaded guilty Aug 17, 2026; sentencing scheduled Nov 23, 2026 | none documented | source |
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Pharmacy intern stole phentermine from Sam's Club Pharmacy
2026-07
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Ohio Boardman, OH |
Sam's Club Pharmacy | phentermine 37.5 mg tablets, a Schedule IV controlled substance | stole a stock bottle of phentermine from the employer pharmacy; admitted taking the bottle home | not stated | pharmacy intern license indefinitely suspended; summary suspension removed; reinstatement conditions imposed | none documented | source |
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Orlando pharmacy and pharmacist settle Controlled Substances Act allegations over Schedule V distribution and recordkeeping
2026-07
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Florida | Retail pharmacy, Orlando | Schedule V controlled substances | not stated | Pharmacy and its pharmacist | not stated | none documented | source |
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Pharmacist diverted phentermine and other prescription drugs using fictitious patient profiles at a Wicomico County pharmacy
2025-12
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Maryland Wicomico County, MD |
a pharmacy in Wicomico County, Maryland | phentermine (Schedule IV CDS), cyclobenzaprine, tizanidine, and gabapentin | Created a fictitious patient profile and used it to fill and purchase prescriptions for herself; recorded prescriptions as transmitted via telephone by a physician assistant; purchased with cash; used her driver's license to complete a purchase; diverted multiple prescription drugs and/or CDS. | not stated | Consent Order: summary suspension lifted; license suspended effective April 8, 2025, for at least one year; $1,000 fine; substance use evaluation; possible rehabilitation contract; may petition to modify after six months and lift after one year; criminal case: agreement statement of facts to one count of obtaining a prescription drug by fraud, probation before judgment, one year unsupervised probation. | none documented | source |
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Kansas City, Kansas retail pharmacy settles controlled substance recordkeeping allegations
2025-09-24
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Kansas | Retail pharmacy in Kansas City, Kansas | Controlled substances (unspecified); pseudoephedrine retail sales records | not stated | Retail pharmacy and its owner | not stated | none documented | source |
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Southern Colorado pharmacy paid $250,000 to resolve allegations of years of unlawful controlled-substance dispensing
2025-05
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Colorado | Independent retail pharmacy in Trinidad, Colorado | Controlled substances (not specified in release) | not stated | Pharmacy operator (corporate entity) | not stated | none documented | source |
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New Haven retail pharmacy paid $192K over controlled substance recordkeeping failures
2025-04-24
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Connecticut | Community pharmacy on Dixwell Avenue, New Haven | Controlled substances generally | not stated | Retail pharmacy (DEA registrant) | not stated | none documented | source |
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