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Showing 224 of 730 cases · page 13 of 28.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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York, Pennsylvania Personal Care Home Nurse Sentenced for Stealing a Hospice Patient's Oxycodone
2022-05-23
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Pennsylvania York, Pennsylvania |
Personal care home for senior citizens (York, Pennsylvania) | Oxycodone | Diverted a hospice patient's prescribed pills and falsified records to conceal the theft | not stated | Sentenced to 1 year probation and a $525 fine; surrendered nursing license | $525 (criminal fine) | source |
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Western Pennsylvania pharmacy owner sentenced in prescription drug fraud scheme
2022-05-05
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Pennsylvania | Four retail pharmacies in the Pittsburgh region | not stated | not stated | Pharmacist who owned and operated four pharmacies | not stated | none documented | source |
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Dearborn physician pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute hydrocodone without medical necessity
2022-05-02
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Michigan | Medical office in Dearborn | Hydrocodone | not stated | Physician | not stated | none documented | source |
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DC nurse and nurse practitioner licenses revoked after oxycodone distribution conviction
2022-04-08
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District of Columbia Washington, DC |
Registered nurse and nurse practitioner licensed in the District of Columbia; employer not identified in the order | Oxycodone | not stated | not stated | not stated | none documented | source |
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Danville Hospital Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Fentanyl and Hydromorphone
2022-03-04
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Virginia Danville, Virginia |
RN, Sovah Health-Danville (Danville, VA) | Fentanyl and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) vials | Popped tops off fentanyl vials in an AcuDose machine using her unique access code, diverting the drug for personal use; denied tampering to investigators in two separate interviews before admitting it | not stated | Pleaded guilty May 2021; sentenced Mar 4, 2022 to 36 months in federal prison | $4,360,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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North Carolina pharmacy chain paid $100,000 to resolve claims it filled prescriptions from physician on limited license
2022-02-03
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North Carolina | Community pharmacies in Cary and Durham | Controlled substances (unspecified) | not stated | Retail pharmacy (two locations) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Physician pleads guilty to illegally prescribing opioids and falsifying records at a Lake Milton medical office
2022-01
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Ohio Lake Milton, OH |
a medical office in Lake Milton, Ohio | opioids including oxycodone and hydrocodone, often in combination with benzodiazepines and stimulants | illegally prescribed controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose; used false diagnoses, falsified patient pain intensity scales in medical charts, increased dosages, and prescribed for prolonged periods without evidence of efficacy; ignored urine drug screen results and warning signs of patient addiction and abuse; unlawfully prescribed opioids to two patients who later fatally overdosed and to an individual under the age of 21 | not stated | pleaded guilty to illegally distributing controlled substances, causing the deaths of two patients, unlawfully distributing a controlled substance to a person under the age of 21, and health care fraud; sentencing scheduled for May 17, 2022 | none documented | source |
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Confluence Health Clinic Nurse Tampered with Morphine Vials
2021-12-07
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Washington Moses Lake, Washington |
Outpatient clinic (Confluence Health), Washington | Morphine | Removed morphine from vials with a syringe, replaced it with saline, and glued vial caps back to conceal the tampering | not stated | Pleaded guilty to tampering with a consumer product; sentencing pending | none documented | source |
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