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Case / When Where Setting Drug Method Role Prosecution status Penalty Source
Houston pharmacy pharmacist-in-charge dispensed controlled substances pursuant to invalid prescriptions; temporary suspension
2015-07
Texas
Houston, TX
Rx Max Pharmacy controlled substances dispensed controlled substances pursuant to invalid prescription orders not stated Temporary Suspension Order entered; license suspended until further Order of the Board none documented source
Pharmacist-in-charge at a Houston pharmacy dispensed controlled substances pursuant to invalid prescriptions; temporary suspension
2015-07
Texas
Houston, TX
Supreme Rx Pharmacy controlled substances as pharmacist-in-charge dispensed controlled substances pursuant to invalid prescription orders not stated Temporary Suspension Order entered; license suspended until further Order of the Board none documented source
Hospital nurse diverted hydrocodone intended for a patient and falsified records
2015-06
West Virginia
Parkersburg, WV
Camden Clark Medical Center hydrocodone Admitted to taking two 5 mg hydrocodone pills intended for a patient, keeping them for personal use, and falsely documenting in the patient file that the medication had been given to the patient. not stated Pleaded guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, and subterfuge; terminated from employment on June 27, 2015; faces up to four years in federal prison; sentencing set for October 1, 2018. none documented source
Twin Falls Pharmacy Technician Sentenced for Selling Stolen Oxycodone
2015-05-19
Idaho
Twin Falls, Idaho
Retail pharmacy (Twin Falls, ID) Oxycodone and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) tablets Stole bottles from pharmacy stock; arranged street sales via text and glove-box drops not stated Sentenced May 19, 2015 to 12 months + 1 day in federal prison $1,000 (criminal fine) source
Applicant for reinstatement granted probation after prior controlled substance diversion from pharmacy
2015-05
Texas pharmacy controlled substance diversion of a controlled substance from a pharmacy not stated Reinstatement granted with 3 years probation none documented source
Hospital nurse diverted fentanyl from secure medication management stations
2015-05
Wisconsin
Madison, WI
a hospital in Madison, Wisconsin fentanyl The hospital investigation concluded the nurse diverted 18 vials of fentanyl between May 2 and 3, 2015, by accessing a secure medication management station on a day off, making duplicate withdrawals for the same patient from multiple stations, withdrawing medication while not scheduled to work, and withdrawing from units where not actively providing patient care. The nurse neither admitted nor denied the allegations. not stated Professional nursing license suspended for an indefinite period; suspension may be stayed after three months under conditions, including drug and alcohol treatment, monitoring, and practice limitations. none documented source
Twin Falls Pharmacy Technician Sold Stolen Oxycodone and Hydromorphone Tablets from Pharmacy Stock
2015-05
Idaho
Twin Falls, ID
Retail pharmacy, Twin Falls, ID Oxycodone and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) tablets Stole bottles of controlled-substance prescriptions from pharmacy stock, arranged sales by text message, and left the bottles in a car glove box in the pharmacy parking lot in exchange for cash not stated Sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison, three years supervised release, and a $1,000 fine none documented source
California hospital system agreed to $1.55 million civil penalty after hydrocodone losses at Stockton outpatient pharmacy
2015-04
California Outpatient pharmacy at a Stockton medical center and other Sacramento-area facilities Hydrocodone tablets and other controlled substances not stated Hospital system as DEA registrant not stated none documented source
New Hampshire practical nurse's license suspended on emergency basis after nursing home diversion allegations
2015-03-24
New Hampshire County nursing homes in Westmoreland and Sullivan County, New Hampshire not stated not stated Licensed practical nurse not stated none documented source
New Hampshire Practical Nurse Given Emergency Suspension Over Nursing Home Drug Diversion Allegations
2015-03-20
New Hampshire
Westmoreland, New Hampshire
Cheshire County Nursing Home, Westmoreland, NH (prior employer: Sullivan County Nursing Home) Not specified in the order; described as drug diversion activity Complaint from the facility's Director of Nursing plus information from a prior employer raised allegations of drug diversion activity not stated Board issued an Order of Emergency License Suspension and Notice of Hearing on March 20, 2015 none documented source
Search warrant at Norwalk, OH physician's office over alleged prescriptions issued while physician absent
2015-02
Ohio
Norwalk, OH
a physician's office in Norwalk, OH controlled and non-controlled substances Alleged issuance of prescriptions for controlled and non-controlled substances while the physician was absent from the office due to illness; prescriptions were not dated as of the day issued. not stated Search warrant served; evidence seized; no arrests; case to be presented to the Huron County Prosecutor's Office for requested charges of Illegal Processing of Drug Documents and Trafficking in Drugs. none documented source
Louisiana registered nurse voluntarily surrendered license on charges of controlled-substance diversion and a positive for-cause drug screen
2015-01-14
Louisiana not stated not stated not stated Registered nurse not stated none documented source
Billings man sentenced to 48 months in prison for theft of drugs from a Walgreens pharmacy
2015-01
Montana Retail pharmacy (Walgreens), Billings not stated not stated not stated not stated none documented source
Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Stealing 67,000 Doses of Prescription Narcotics — Minnesota, 2014
2014-10-28
Minnesota
Burnsville, Minnesota
Retail pharmacy in Burnsville, MN Hydrocodone, oxycodone, carisoprodol, and diazepam Falsified controlled-substance receiving logs to understate shipments, then stole the discrepancy not stated Pleaded guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud none documented source
Pharmacy technician admitted taking Xanax, Lortab and Luminal without payment from a national chain pharmacy
2014-10
Maryland
Baltimore, MD
a national chain pharmacy in Baltimore, Maryland Xanax (alprazolam) 2 mg, Lortab (hydrocodone-APAP) 10/500 mg, Luminal (phenobarbital) 60 mg and 16.2 mg admitted orally and in writing to taking the drugs without payment and stated the count was not accurate and that she stole the drugs not stated registration summarily suspended by the State Board of Pharmacy; terminated from employment; criminally charged in the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore County with theft less than $1,000 and theft-scheme less than $1,000 none documented source
Former Trinity Home Health/Hospice nurses accused of diluting and diverting patients' morphine and hydromorphone
2014-09
North Dakota
Minot, ND
Trinity Home Health/Hospice morphine and hydromorphone; prescription pain medication Allegedly diluted nursing home patients' medications; administered morphine instead of hydromorphone; brought unused medication back to the office after a patient died and ingested it; investigation found multiple instances of drug diversion. not stated Charges across suspects include Endangering a Vulnerable Adult (B felony), Conspiracy (C felony), and Theft of Property (C felony); two former nurses voluntarily surrendered their nursing licenses after admitting to the drug-diversion allegations; arrest warrants were issued. none documented source
Pharmacy licensee in Mitchell, SD diverted prescription drugs for personal use and received three-year probation
2014-09
South Dakota
Mitchell, SD
Pharmacy prescription drugs Diverted prescription drugs for personal use; violated laws and rules governing pharmacy practice. not stated Three-year probation effective September 29, 2014; required continued participation in a monitored program for health professionals, quarterly reports to the Board, and passage of the Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Exam before completing probation. none documented source
Physician indicted for trafficking controlled substances prescribed to friends and co-workers
2014-04
Ohio
Andover, OH
St. Joseph’s Andover Medical Center controlled substances The physician was alleged to have prescribed controlled substances to friends and co-workers who were not patients and not for a legitimate medical purpose, leading to an indictment on 26 felony counts of trafficking in drugs. not stated Indicted on 26 felony counts of trafficking in drugs; pleaded not guilty and was released on a $10,000 personal recognizance bond. none documented source
Delaware state hospital nurse charged with forging medication records to obtain oxycodone
2014-03-24
Delaware State hospital for the chronically ill (Smyrna, Delaware) Oxycodone not stated Former nurse not stated none documented source
Burlington pharmacy technician accused of taking thousands of hydrocodone, zolpidem and buprenorphine tablets
2014-03-11
Vermont Retail pharmacy, Burlington Hydrocodone, zolpidem and Suboxone not stated Pharmacy technician not stated none documented source
Vermont supermarket pharmacist wrote and filled fraudulent hydrocodone prescriptions in two states
2014-03-11
Vermont Supermarket pharmacy; prescriptions filled in Vermont and New York Hydrocodone-acetaminophen (majority of prescriptions) not stated Pharmacist not stated none documented source
Former nurse at Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill charged with forging controlled-substance records to divert oxycodone
2014-03
Delaware
Smyrna, DE
Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill Oxycodone Allegedly forged signatures of other nurses on Controlled Substances sheets to indicate oxycodone had been given to patients, while allegedly keeping the drugs for personal use. not stated Arrested and charged with three felony counts of obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation or fraud or forgery, seven counts of second-degree forgery, and one count of falsifying a business record. Released on $51,000 unsecured bond. none documented source
Emergency room nurse sentenced for stealing prescription drugs from patient accounts via a hospital dispensing system
2014-03
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
UW Hospital nurse charged in morphine and hydromorphone syringe diversion
2014-03
Wisconsin
Madison, WI
UW Hospital morphine and hydromorphone Admitted to hospital staff that she was diverting pain-management drugs and taking them for herself since October 2013; a police investigation found she accessed morphine syringes from a secured machine, replaced them with syringes containing water or an unknown liquid, and took the morphine syringes for herself in at least 42 instances. not stated Arrested on June 12 and was to be charged with 42 felony counts of diversion of drugs and 42 counts of reckless injury; no longer employed by UW Hospital. none documented source
Roseville Pharmacy break-ins lead to indictment for theft of Schedule II and III controlled substances
2014-02
Ohio
Roseville, OH
Roseville Pharmacy Schedule II and Schedule III controlled substances alleged break-ins and theft of 6,140 Schedule II and Schedule III controlled substances from a pharmacy not stated indicted on 69 felony counts: 4 counts of breaking and entering, 35 counts of theft of drugs and 30 counts of possession of dangerous drugs none documented source
Traveling Radiologic Technologist Sentenced for Fentanyl Diversion and Multistate Hepatitis C Outbreak — New Hampshire, 2013
2013-12-02
New Hampshire
Exeter, New Hampshire
Exeter Hospital, NH, and hospitals in at least seven other states (traveling technologist) Fentanyl Stole fentanyl syringes, self-injected, replaced with saline-filled used syringes not stated Pleaded guilty to 8 counts; sentenced to 39 years in federal prison none documented source
Delaware nurse suspended two years after unrecorded cabinet withdrawals and muscle-relaxant theft at a state prison
2013-11-07
Delaware Hospital in Lewes, then Sussex Correctional Institute in Georgetown Vicodin (one pill) and Soma, a muscle relaxant not stated Registered nurse (previously licensed practical nurse) not stated none documented source
Hospital pharmacist convicted of stealing oxycodone and Ambien from Mid Coast Hospital for personal use
2013-10
Maine
Brunswick, ME
Mid Coast Hospital Oxycodone and Ambien Diverted Oxycodone and Ambien from the hospital for personal use; pleaded guilty to two counts of Stealing Drugs in connection with a series of thefts in 2011 and 2012. not stated Convicted after guilty plea; sentenced to 2 years imprisonment with all but 14 days suspended and 2 years probation on the felony Oxycodone charge; concurrent 14 days imprisonment on the misdemeanor Ambien charge; ordered to pay $800 in fines; probation condition prohibiting employment with access to controlled substances; pharmacist license revoked in April 2012. none documented source
Hospital Settles Adderall Diversion Allegations Involving Medical Residents — New York, 2013
2013-09-20
New York
Brooklyn, New York
New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY Adderall (amphetamine) Medical residents wrote 194 fraudulent Adderall prescriptions on hospital forms not stated Civil consent judgment; no admission of wrongdoing $70,000 (civil settlement) source
Psychiatrist found to have unlawfully possessed controlled substances taken back from patients and kept no required records
2013-09
New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
private psychiatric practice controlled substances including fentanyl patches, oxycodone, OxyContin, methadone, Suboxone, hydrocodone, benzodiazepines, and Lyrica samples Took back and retained already-dispensed controlled substances directly from patients outside the CSA's closed distribution system, and failed to maintain any inventory or records of the controlled substances he received or the drug samples kept in his office; a separate allegation that he redistributed these drugs to other patients was investigated but found unproven. not stated DEA registration renewal granted subject to a six-month suspension and restriction to non-narcotic controlled substances only; DATA-Waiver authority to prescribe Suboxone/Subutex revoked. none documented source
California retail pharmacy technician accused of conspiring with physician to divert opioids; Board decision issued
2013-07-17
California Independent retail pharmacy, Glendale Oxycodone (OxyContin), hydrocodone (Vicodin, Norco), hydromorphone (Dilaudid) not stated Pharmacy technician (accusation also named the pharmacy and its pharmacist-in-charge) not stated none documented source
Sweetbriar Assisted Living nurse sentenced for hydrocodone theft and falsifying records
2013-06
West Virginia
Charleston, WV
Sweetbriar Assisted Living hydrocodone obtaining hydrocodone by fraud; admitted stealing hydrocodone intended for patients for personal use and falsifying records to cover up the theft not stated sentenced to five years of probation; previously pleaded guilty none documented source
New Hampshire pharmacy technician's registration suspended after admitted hydrocodone theft and resale
2013-06
New Hampshire Retail pharmacy in Londonderry, New Hampshire Hydrocodone; 100 to 150 tablets on about 10 occasions not stated Pharmacy technician not stated none documented source
Licensed practical nurse found to have ingested prescription medications and possessed Adavan at Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill
2013-04
Delaware Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill prescription medications; Adavan ingested several prescription medications without telling her supervisor; was found with Adavan in her pocket that should have been administered to a patient but was claimed missing; Hearing Officer found a pattern of theft and consumption of controlled substances not stated Board suspended the license for five years, required monthly random drug screens, and required 12 CEs (6 in ethics, 6 in substance abuse) none documented source
Hospital Nurse Sentenced for Diverting Dilaudid, Causing Patient Infections — Minnesota, 2013
2013-03-20
Minnesota
St. Cloud, Minnesota
Hospital in St. Cloud, MN (unnamed in DOJ release) Hydromorphone (Dilaudid) Withdrew Dilaudid from patients' IV bags via hospital lockboxes, reinjected saline to mask the theft not stated Pleaded guilty; sentenced to 24 months federal prison $340,000 (restitution) source
VA Hospital Pharmacy Technician Sentenced for Stealing Oxycodone and Other Narcotics — Oregon, 2013
2013-01-31
Oregon
Roseburg, Oregon
Roseburg VA Medical Center pharmacy, Roseburg, OR Oxycodone, clonazepam, zolpidem, and OxyContin Manipulated the pharmacy's narcotics tracking/dispensing system to divert pills not stated Sentenced to 24 months in federal prison $23,475 (restitution) source
New Hampshire pharmacy technician surrendered registration after alleged theft of oxycodone tablets
2013-01
New Hampshire Retail chain pharmacy in Exeter, New Hampshire Percocet (oxycodone); at least 300 tablets alleged over June to December 2012 not stated Pharmacy technician not stated none documented source
Dentist had patients and staff fill painkiller prescriptions for his own use
2013
Pennsylvania dental practice painkillers Had patients and staff fill prescriptions for painkillers intended for his own use to feed a drug addiction not stated Pled guilty to 86 counts; Pennsylvania's dental board suspended his license for 10 years none documented source
Pharmacy technician accused of removing pills from a filled Oxycontin prescription and returning it to conceal the theft
2012-12
Maryland
Rockville, MD
a retail pharmacy chain location Oxycontin 15 mg Alleged to have pulled a customer's filled prescription from the staging area, removed pills, and returned the prescription to the staging area; the customer later reported 198 of 270 pills missing not stated Registration summarily suspended pending a show cause hearing none documented source
South Burlington physician pleaded guilty to prescription fraud after writing prescriptions under fictitious names
2012-11
Vermont Primary care practice, South Burlington; retail pharmacies in Chittenden and Addison counties Adderall and Vicodin not stated Physician not stated none documented source
DC hospital medical technician sold patient data and blank prescription forms used for forged oxycodone scripts
2012-09-21
District of Columbia University hospital in Washington, DC Oxycodone (obtained by a third party through forged prescriptions) not stated Medical technician, hospital general surgery department not stated none documented source
Lutz pharmacist sentenced to 17 years for dispensing oxycodone on fraudulent prescriptions and to a DEA confidential source
2012-08-21
Florida Pharmacy in the Tampa area (Lutz, Florida) Oxycodone not stated Licensed pharmacist not stated none documented source
Pharmacy technician admitted diverting Valium, Promethazine/Codeine Syrup, Vicodin, Loratadine, and Soma from Pharmacy A
2012-07
Maryland Pharmacy A Valium, Promethazine/Codeine Syrup, Vicodin, Loratadine, and Soma Admitted diverting drugs from Pharmacy A from the fall of 2010 until the spring of 2011; obtained the drugs for a family member and a friend, not for personal use. not stated Summarily suspended on January 31, 2012; permanently surrendered registration to practice as a pharmacy technician, with the Board accepting the surrender as a final order. none documented source
Mississippi licensed practical nurse given 12-month restricted license over drug possession and record falsification grounds
2012-07
Mississippi not stated not stated not stated Licensed practical nurse not stated none documented source
Mississippi registered nurse voluntarily surrendered license amid drug misappropriation ground
2012-07
Mississippi not stated not stated not stated Registered nurse not stated none documented source
A pharmacy technician diverted narcotics by taking and selling them, and the pharmacy's controlled-substance records were found inaccurate as a result
2012-05
Mississippi a retail pharmacy hydrocodone and alprazolam A pharmacy technician took narcotics from the pharmacy and sold them; a subsequent state board order found the pharmacy had failed to maintain accurate records of the receipt and disposal of hydrocodone and alprazolam over an extended period. not stated The technician was terminated and the technician's license was revoked by the state pharmacy board; the pharmacy itself was placed on two years' probation, fined $5,000, and assessed investigation costs by that board. A separate state board later granted the pharmacy's out-of-state permit application subject to one year of probation because of these violations. none documented source
Overland Park pharmacy technician stole hydrocodone and lorazepam, falsified inventories; sentenced to federal probation
2012-04-16
Kansas Retail warehouse-club pharmacy, Overland Park, Kansas Hydrocodone (more than 500 tablets) and lorazepam (approximately 200 tablets) not stated Pharmacy technician not stated none documented source
Nursing Home Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with a Dementia Patient's Morphine — Kansas, 2012
2012-02-03
Kansas
Topeka, Kansas
Rolling Hills Health Center, Topeka, KS Morphine (also hydrocodone at an earlier facility) Stole morphine from an elderly dementia patient's bottle, diluted it with tap water not stated Pleaded guilty; sentenced to 3 years federal prison; surrendered nursing license none documented source
Nursing Facility Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Patients' Morphine — Kansas, 2012
2012-01-24
Kansas
Salina, Kansas
Holiday Resort Nursing Facility, Salina, KS Morphine Removed morphine from patient vials with syringes, replaced with sodium chloride solution not stated Pleaded guilty; sentenced to 3 years federal prison none documented source
Nurse Sentenced for Diverting Hydromorphone via Drug Cabinet Login Credentials — Minnesota, 2012
2012-01-20
Minnesota
Minnesota
Unnamed Minnesota hospital (automated dispensing cabinet access) Hydromorphone Used personal login credentials to withdraw the drug from automated dispensing cabinets not stated Pleaded guilty; sentenced to 3 years probation none documented source

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What each column does and doesn't cover

Every case states When (date) and Where (state) — 730 of 730. Beyond that, a blank cell means the source record does not state that fact, not that it did not happen:

  • 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

Why: documented failure modes

A separate text analysis of the 723 case summaries found 371 cases (51.3%) matching at least one named failure-mode pattern below. 352 cases (48.7% of 723) matched none of these categories - most of these are short board-order summaries ("licensee diverted controlled substances from their employer") that state an outcome without describing a mechanism, not cases where no failure occurred. A case can match zero, one, or several categories — these are corpus-level counts, not a per-case tag, and are not used as a row filter above: reproducing the exact category membership per case from the stored patterns did not exactly match this file's hand-curated counts on independent re-check, so no individual case here is labeled with a "why" that this code cannot verify.

Drug swapped for a substitute and the container returned to circulation 137 of 723

Text names an act of replacing/refilling the drug with a named substitute (saline, water, an OTC pill, a cleaning product, etc.), OR uses swap/dilute/tamper to describe the same act, so the altered container went back into use looking unchanged.

Outright theft or embezzlement of stock (no substitution described) 120 of 723

Text uses stole/stealing/embezzled to describe removal of controlled substances.

Records, charts, orders, inventories, or receipts falsified to conceal the diversion 58 of 723

Text uses a form of "falsif-" within 60 characters of a record-type noun (chart, inventory, transaction, receipt, prescription, etc.).

Prescriptions fraudulent, forged, invalid, or written outside legitimate medical practice 53 of 723

Text explicitly characterizes the prescription(s) as fraudulent, forged, invalid, or issued outside legitimate medical practice (including "pill mill" language).

Automated dispensing cabinet used as the point of exploitation 30 of 723

Text names an automated dispensing cabinet/machine, or the acronym ADC, as part of the mechanism.

Waste/wastage claim used to cover the diversion, or wastage not witnessed 38 of 723

Text describes recording or claiming drug as "waste" (when it was not), pulling drug from a waste stream, or wastage that was not independently witnessed.

Cancelled, voided, or falsely entered dispensing-system transactions to hide the removal 11 of 723

Text describes cancelling, voiding, or falsely entering a system transaction (an order, a return-to-stock entry, a cancel entry) specifically to conceal a removal.

Facility-level failure to maintain accurate inventory or required records (not one employee concealing a theft) 24 of 723

Text states the FACILITY (not an individual concealing personal use) failed to maintain required inventory/records, or names a recordkeeping violation/negligent recordkeeping as the basis for the government action.

Drug obtained using a false identity, a fictitious patient, or impersonation 11 of 723

Text describes using a fictitious patient profile, a false name/identity, stolen patient information, or impersonating a licensed prescriber to obtain the drug.

Known or suspected loss/theft/diversion not reported to DEA or a licensing board 10 of 723

Text states a failure to notify or report a loss, theft, or suspected diversion to a regulator.

Disclaimer

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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.