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Showing 224 of 730 cases · page 19 of 28.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Las Vegas nurse practitioner and surgical technician pleaded guilty to distributing hydrocodone and oxycodone prescriptions for cash
2018-10
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Nevada | Parking lots in the Las Vegas Valley; prescriptions written on the nurse practitioner's pad with a physician's pre-signed DEA number | Hydrocodone and oxycodone | not stated | Advanced practice registered nurse and a surgical technician without a medical or DEA license | not stated | none documented | source |
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Pain clinic physician indicted for prescribing fentanyl, oxycodone and other controlled substances without patient examinations
2018-06
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Ohio Hamilton, OH |
Cincinnati Centers for Pain Relief | fentanyl, oxycodone, methadone, morphine | Charged by indictment with unlawful distribution of controlled substances: allegedly prescribing fentanyl, oxycodone, methadone, morphine and other controlled substances on many occasions without patients actually being seen by the physician, and billing Medicare, Medicaid and the Bureau of Workers' Compensation for medically unnecessary prescriptions; also alleged to have received payments from a pharmaceutical company for sham speaking engagements about a fentanyl spray. | not stated | Federal grand jury indictment: 88 counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, one count of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance with death resulting, eight counts of health care fraud and 17 counts of violating the anti-kickback law. Charges only; no finding or plea reported. | none documented | source |
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Meridian nurse practitioner pleaded guilty to swapping hydrocodone in clinic cabinets for muscle relaxants and forging prescriptions
2018-03-14
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Idaho | Multi-site medical facility in Idaho | Hydrocodone/APAP | not stated | Nurse practitioner | not stated | none documented | source |
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Palos Park physician's medical and controlled substance licenses temporarily suspended over prescribing
2017-10
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Illinois | Private medical practice, Palos Park, Illinois | Controlled substances (unspecified) | not stated | Physician and surgeon | not stated | none documented | source |
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Schaumburg psychiatrist temporarily suspended over boundary violations and controlled substance prescribing
2017-10
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Illinois | Private psychiatric practice, Schaumburg, Illinois | Controlled substances (unspecified) | not stated | Physician and surgeon (psychiatric practice) | not stated | none documented | source |
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South Dakota medication aide charged with hydrocodone possession in 2017 health care fraud sweep
2017-07-13
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South Dakota | not specified in release; one of two cases in Yankton County and Turner County | hydrocodone | not stated | medication aide | not stated | none documented | source |
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South Dakota medication aide charged with ingesting a substance to become intoxicated in 2017 health care fraud sweep
2017-07-13
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South Dakota | not specified in release; one of two cases in Yankton County and Turner County | not specified (substance other than alcohol) | not stated | medication aide | not stated | none documented | source |
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Physician allegedly took back patients' prescribed controlled substances for personal use and falsified records to justify prescribing
2017-07
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New Mexico Moriarty, NM |
private medical practice | opioid drugs | State medical board alleged the physician resumed personal unlawful use of opioid drugs, thwarted required drug screenings, diverted controlled substances he had prescribed to patients back from those patients for his own personal use, and falsified medical records to justify the prescribing of controlled substances. | not stated | DEA revoked the physician's DEA Certificate of Registration and denied any pending applications after the state medical board summarily suspended his medical license | none documented | source |
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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.