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Showing 224 of 730 cases · page 17 of 28.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Registered nurse alleged to have diverted controlled substances from a rehabilitation facility in Burlington
2019-12
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Wisconsin Burlington, WI |
a rehabilitation facility (Facility B) | controlled substances | Alleged to have diverted controlled substances from the facility on or around December 3, 2019. | not stated | License surrender accepted; final decision and order dated September 10, 2020; no petition for reinstatement for at least one year and $632 costs before any application is considered. | none documented | source |
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Pain Clinic Nurse Accused of Replacing Stolen Fentanyl Vials
2019-10-31
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Michigan Greenville, MI |
Outpatient pain management clinic (Michigan Pain Consultants, Greenville, Michigan) | Fentanyl | Stole vials of liquid fentanyl after hours, refilled them with saline, and falsified administration records to conceal the loss | not stated | Michigan LARA summary suspension order, October 31, 2019, following the nurse's admission | none documented | source |
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St. Vincent Healthcare Nurse Swapped Patient's Pain Pills for Acetaminophen
2019-10-29
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Montana Billings, Montana |
St. Vincent Healthcare (Billings, MT) | Hydrocodone (patient's prescribed pain pills) | Swapped patient's hydrocodone pills for over-the-counter acetaminophen | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced Oct 29, 2019 to 4 years' probation | none documented | source |
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Georgia Pharmacy Owner Charged Over Fake Prescriptions and Unauthorized Controlled Substance Distribution
2019-07-15
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Georgia Baxley, Georgia |
Fulghum Discount Drugs, Baxley, GA | Controlled substances distributed without a valid prescription | Beginning as early as January 2015 and continuing until at least October 2018, created fake prescriptions purportedly for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and billed those programs, and separately distributed controlled substances to individuals without a physician's prescription | not stated | Charged via criminal information July 15, 2019, with Conspiracy with Objects of Healthcare Fraud and Unlawful Distribution of Controlled Substances; up to 5 years in federal prison if convicted | none documented | source |
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Connecticut LPN placed on probation after Massachusetts license suspension for diverting opioids
2019-07
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Connecticut | Nursing employment in Massachusetts, September 2016 to January 2018 | Roxanol (morphine), Dilaudid (hydromorphone) and/or oxycodone | not stated | Licensed practical nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Nurse practitioner forged physicians' signatures to issue unauthorized controlled-substance prescriptions at two Montgomery pill-mill practices
2019-06
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Alabama Montgomery, AL |
Family Practice and Mercy Family Health Care, Montgomery medical practices | fentanyl, hydrocodone, oxycodone, alprazolam, and methadone | Convicted at trial of issuing unnecessary and illegitimate prescriptions for controlled substances and, because she lacked authority as a nurse practitioner to refill Schedule II prescriptions without physician approval, forging physicians' signatures on those prescriptions; the unnecessary office visits and unlawful prescriptions were billed to insurers. Conduct spanned 2013 through 2016, initially at a Montgomery medical practice and later at a second practice she opened. | not stated | Convicted by federal jury on 17 counts of unlawful distribution of controlled substances, one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, four counts of health care fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud; sentenced to 10 years and received enhancements for obstructing justice and abuse of trust. | 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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Louisiana federal settlement with drug distributor over civil penalty claims
2019-05-24
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Louisiana | Wholesale drug distribution; matter handled by the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana and DEA | Oxycodone (release is tagged to oxycodone; excerpt gives no further drug detail) | not stated | Pharmaceutical drug distributor (company, not an individual) | not stated | none documented | source |
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