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Showing 8 of 730 cases.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | 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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Contract Nurse Anesthetist Sentenced for Burglarizing Pain Clinic's Controlled Substances
2026-07-20
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Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky |
Contract CRNA, pain treatment center (Louisville, KY) treating intrathecal-pump patients | Controlled substances used to refill patients' implanted pain pumps | Caught by police burglarizing the clinic and removing controlled substances meant for patients' pre-filled pump syringes | not stated | Sentenced Jul 20, 2026 to 6 years 5 months + $15,000 fine + 3 years supervised release; forfeited Kentucky nursing licenses | $15,000 (criminal fine) | source |
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Iowa Nurse Pleads Guilty to Diverting Controlled Substances from Life Care Center
2023-11-30
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Iowa Carroll, Iowa |
Life care center (long-term care facility), Carroll, Iowa | Controlled substances diverted from resident supplies (unspecified schedule) | Diverted controlled substances intended for residents and falsified related patient documentation to conceal the theft | not stated | Pleaded guilty, November 2023, in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa; sentencing pending | none documented | source |
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Dubuque Pharmacist Sentenced for Stealing and Tampering With Patients' Medications
2022-10-31
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Iowa Dubuque, Iowa |
Retail pharmacy (two Dubuque, Iowa pharmacies) | Controlled-substance capsule medications | Stole from pharmacy inventory and opened already-filled prescription capsules to remove the drug before patients picked them up | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced to 24 months, $10,000 fine, $9,993 restitution, pharmacy license forfeited | $10,000 (criminal fine) | 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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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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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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Emergency room nurse sentenced for stealing prescription drugs from patient accounts via a hospital dispensing system
2014-03
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Maine York, ME |
York Hospital emergency room | prescription drugs | Used their own name to access a computerized dispensing system at the hospital and withdrew drugs in the names of emergency room patients; also falsified private records. | not stated | Pleaded guilty to 10 counts of stealing drugs and three counts of falsifying private records; sentenced to two years in prison with all but six months suspended, a consecutive two-year term all suspended, four years of probation, $4,000 in fines and $8,318 in restitution, and prohibited from employment giving access to controlled substances; nursing license under suspension. | none documented | source |
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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.