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Showing 730 of 730 cases · page 2 of 15.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Kansas Pharmacist Indicted for Stealing Adderall, Vyvanse, Ritalin and Oxycodone from Employer
2026-03-30
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Kansas Maize, Kansas |
Pharmacist (Maize, KS; employer not named in filing) | Amphetamine (Adderall), lisdexamfetamine (Vyvanse), methylphenidate (Ritalin), and oxycodone | Allegedly used his position as a pharmacist to acquire the drugs from his employer without authorization, for personal use | not stated | Indicted Mar 30, 2026 on one count of acquiring a controlled substance by deception/subterfuge; case pending | none documented | source |
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Vermont hospital endoscopy unit nurse diverted fentanyl and sedatives intended for patients
2026-03-05
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Vermont Barre, Vermont |
Licensed practical nurse, endoscopy unit, Central Vermont Medical Center (Barre, VT) | Fentanyl, meperidine, and midazolam | not stated | not stated | Charged with felony fraud or deceit involving a regulated drug; pleaded not guilty at March 5, 2026 arraignment | none documented | source |
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Rehabilitation center nurse accused of stealing patients' painkillers and drug logs
2026-03
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Utah Sandy, UT |
a rehabilitation center in Sandy, Utah | Oxycodone, Methadone, Tramadol and Gabapentin | Alleged to have stolen medications and drug logs from patients at the rehabilitation center where the nurse worked; police stated the nurse admitted to taking medications over the previous two months, allegedly taking drugs from patients who had multiple packs knowing they would not notice they were missing. | not stated | Arrested and booked into the Salt Lake County Jail; charged with one felony count of pattern of unlawful activity and several misdemeanors including theft and intentional abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult. | none documented | source |
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Michigan Registered Nurse Summarily Suspended Over Grass Lake Drug Diversion
2026-02-27
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Michigan Grass Lake, Michigan |
not stated | not stated | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Cheshire APRN Illegally Distributed Amphetamines and Benzodiazepines
2026-02-03
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Connecticut Cheshire, Connecticut |
APRN practice, Cheshire, CT | Amphetamines (CII) + benzodiazepines (CIV) | Cash-only visits, no exams, prescribed to undercover agent | not stated | Guilty Jan 21, 2026; sentencing scheduled Apr 30, 2026 | $25,000 (criminal fine) | source |
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Seattle Anesthesiology Resident Sentenced for Diverting Fentanyl and Hydromorphone While Treating Children
2026-02-02
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Washington Seattle, Washington |
Resident anesthesiologist rotating through Seattle Children's Hospital, Harborview Medical Center, and UW Medical Center | Fentanyl and hydromorphone | Stole and used pain medication meant for patients, including infants, while on duty between 2022-2024; returned vials to the pharmacy refilled with saline, claiming it was "wastage" | not stated | Arrested Jun 2025; pleaded guilty Oct 2025 to obtaining controlled substances by fraud; sentenced Feb 2, 2026 to 1 year supervised release + 200 hours community service | none documented | source |
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ER charge nurse self-reported diverting medication wastes for personal use at Ascension St. Vincent Anderson
2026-02
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Indiana Anderson, IN |
Ascension St. Vincent Anderson | medication wastes | self-reported diverting medication wastes for personal use; terminated for violating the drug policy | not stated | self-reported to PLA; terminated; enrolled in IPRP in August 2025 and signed a 3-year RMA; board recommended renewal on probation for the length of the RMA, with CEUs and referral of pending criminal charges to the OAG | none documented | source |
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Nurse charged with obtaining a controlled substance by fraud or deceit and wasting narcotics at Community North
2026-02
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Indiana | Community North | a controlled substance; narcotics; marijuana | charged with obtaining a controlled substance by fraud or deceit; diversion was suspended due to wasting of narcotics at work; positive drug test for marijuana | not stated | entered a diversion program that was completed and charges dismissed and expunged in October 2025; self-reported to ISNAP and entered a monitoring agreement; board recommended renewal free and clear | none documented | source |
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Hospital nurse found with Dilaudid and Hydrocodone waste in pocket from work
2026-02
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Indiana | Methodist Hospital | Dilaudid; Hydrocodone; a narcotic drug | charged with possession of a narcotic drug and public intoxication; pled guilty to possession of a narcotic drug; had waste in pocket from work consisting of a Dilaudid pill and a Hydrocodone pill; terminated from Methodist Hospital | not stated | pled guilty in January 2025; completed probation in January 2026; terminated in August 2024; was unsuccessfully discharged from ISNAP in July 2025; board recommended renewal on indefinite probation, reengagement with ISNAP, a 3- to 5-year RMA, and CEUs | none documented | source |
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Registered nurse alleged to have obtained controlled substances from a Texas pharmacy using unauthorized prescriptions and co-worker prescriber numbers
2026-02
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Oregon | Pharmacy | Zolpidem Tartrate, Eszopiclone, Acetaminophen-Codeine #3, Guaifenesin-Codeine, Butalbital-Acetaminophen-Caffeine, and Hydrocodone | Alleged to have obtained these medications from a pharmacy in Texas, for themself and a family member, through the use of unauthorized electronically communicated prescriptions, using the names and Drug Enforcement Administration numbers of three co-worker prescribers. | not stated | Stipulated Order for Probation; license placed on probation, with a 24-month period of probation to begin upon return to supervised nursing practice. Any monitored practice completed in Texas in compliance with the Texas Board of Nursing order counts toward the 24 months. | none documented | source |
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Kansas Pharmacy Technician Indicted for Stealing Adderall and Ritalin
2026-01-29
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Kansas Russell, Kansas |
Pharmacy technician, pharmacy in Russell, KS | Amphetamine (Adderall) and methylphenidate (Ritalin) | Allegedly used her position to remove the drugs from the pharmacy's inventory without proper authorization, continuing through March 2025 | not stated | Indicted Jan 29, 2026 on one count of acquiring a controlled substance by deception; case pending | none documented | source |
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Pensacola Pharmacist and Conspirator Charged with Illegal Drug Diversion Conspiracy
2026-01-28
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Florida Pensacola, Florida |
Pensacola, FL | Controlled substances (diversion conspiracy; tied to 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown) | Conspiracy to unlawfully dispense/distribute controlled substances and obtain them by fraud | not stated | Charged; trial set for Mar 2, 2026 — up to 20 years if convicted | none documented | source |
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Portland Mental Health Clinic Pays $20,000 to Settle Controlled Substances Act Violations
2026-01-26
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Maine Portland, Maine |
Mental health clinic, Portland, ME (Riverbird, LLC) | Lorazepam and other controlled substances kept by the clinic | Failed to report known diversion by a clinic physician to DEA; no post-ownership-change inventory; incomplete controlled-substance recordkeeping | not stated | Civil settlement: $20,000 + 3-year DEA Memorandum of Understanding, announced Jan 26, 2026; no admission of liability | $20,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Portland Veterinarian Diverted Controlled Substances, Replaced with Saline
2026-01-20
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Oregon Portland, Oregon |
Two veterinary clinics, Portland, OR | Hydromorphone, buprenorphine, butorphanol | Personal use + saline refills; 200+ animals affected | not stated | Sentenced Jan 13, 2026 — 60 months probation; DEA registration surrendered | none documented | source |
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Michigan Pharmacist Fined and Probated Over Big Rapids Drug Diversion
2026-01-16
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Michigan Big Rapids, Michigan |
not stated | not stated | not stated | Pharmacist | not stated | none documented | source |
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Michigan Pharmacist Fined Over Utica Drug Diversion and Alcohol Conviction
2026-01-16
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Michigan Utica, Michigan |
not stated | not stated | not stated | Pharmacist | not stated | none documented | source |
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Former Boston-Area ICU Nurse Sentenced for Diverting Fentanyl and Versed from Intubated Patient
2026-01-15
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Massachusetts Needham, Massachusetts |
ICU nurse, Boston-area hospital | Versed (midazolam) and fentanyl | On a July 16, 2022 overnight shift caring for an intubated, immobile ICU patient, checked out a bag of Versed and three bags of fentanyl without scanning them into the patient's medical records; found slumped over with three syringes in her pocket | not stated | Pleaded guilty Nov 2025 to unlawfully obtaining controlled substances by fraud; sentenced Jan 15, 2026 to 3 years probation + 100 hours community service | none documented | source |
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Michigan Registered Nurse Fined and Probated Over Southgate Drug Diversion
2026-01-15
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Michigan Southgate, Michigan |
not stated | not stated | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Littleton Oral Surgery Assistant Sentenced for Tampering With Fentanyl Vials
2026-01-14
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Colorado Littleton, Colorado |
Surgical assistant, oral surgery practice (Littleton, CO) | Fentanyl citrate vials from the practice's controlled-substance safe | Removed fentanyl from vials and replaced contents with a substitute liquid; one tested vial was contaminated with bacteria | not stated | Pleaded guilty to tampering with a consumer product; sentenced Jan 14, 2026 to 1 year 1 day in federal prison + 2 years supervised release | none documented | source |
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Michigan Social Worker Probated Over Hamtramck Drug Diversion
2026-01-14
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Michigan Hamtramck, Michigan |
not stated | not stated | not stated | Licensed master's social worker | not stated | none documented | source |
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Tennessee EMS board accepts surrender of emergency medical technician over Hornbeak diversion
2026-01
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Tennessee Hornbeak, Tennessee |
not stated | not stated | not stated | Emergency medical technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Tennessee EMS board revokes paramedic over Hendersonville diversion
2026-01
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Tennessee Hendersonville, Tennessee |
not stated | not stated | not stated | Paramedic | not stated | none documented | source |
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South Carolina Unlicensed Caregiver Charged Over Care Facility Oxycodone Theft
2025-12-23
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South Carolina Piedmont, South Carolina |
Cherrydale Post Acute, Greenville, SC | Oxycodone (Schedule II) | Practiced nursing and used the title Director of Nursing despite a suspended license on June 20 and June 23, 2025, and knowingly and intentionally stole a quantity of Oxycodone from another person with intent to permanently deprive them of it | not stated | Arrested December 23, 2025, on two counts of Unlicensed Practice as a Registered or Practical Nurse and one count of Theft of a Controlled Substance, First Offense | none documented | source |
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Appleton Nurse Practitioner Sentenced for Unlawful Opioid Prescribing Scheme
2025-12-18
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Wisconsin Appleton, Wisconsin |
not stated | Oxycodone and other opioids | Prescribed opioids to patients with no medical need in exchange for the patients filling the prescriptions and returning half or more of the pills to her for personal use | Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner, Appleton, WI | Pleaded guilty Aug 13, 2025; sentenced Dec 18, 2025 to 16 months in federal prison plus 3 years supervised release | none documented | source |
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Nursing Director Pleads Guilty to Tampering With Fentanyl at Montana Health Center
2025-12-16
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Montana Jordan, Montana |
Director of Nursing, Garfield County Health Center, Jordan, MT | Fentanyl and other hospital-stock controlled substances | Tampered with vials in locked office — caps removed and replaced, or emptied — with counterfeit replacement labels and caps on hand | not stated | Pleaded guilty Dec. 16, 2025 to tampering with a consumer product; sentencing set for April 15, 2026 | none documented | source |
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Delaware Medical Biller Indicted for Diverting Opioids Using Stolen Provider Identities
2025-12-15
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Delaware Delaware |
not stated | Thousands of opioid pills | Stole the professional licensure identities of medical providers he worked with to order and prescribe himself opioids through wholesale pharmaceutical suppliers, without their knowledge | Medical biller and credentialer who falsely represented himself as a licensed nurse | Indicted Dec 15, 2025 — 13 counts aggravated identity theft, 2 counts health care fraud, 7 counts obtaining drugs by fraud | none documented | source |
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Lawton pharmacy technician charged after hydrocodone tablets found spilling from clothing
2025-12-03
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Oklahoma | Retail pharmacy in Lawton, Oklahoma | Hydrocodone-acetaminophen 10mg-325mg; dextroamphetamine-amphetamine 10 mg | not stated | Pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Nurse Anesthetist Diverted Fentanyl Waste for Months While AI Surveillance Missed It (Erlanger Baroness)
2025-12
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Tennessee Chattanooga, Tennessee |
Surgery center, Erlanger Baroness (Chattanooga, TN) | Fentanyl — leftover surgical waste | Diverted post-op waste, escalating to daily | not stated | Consent order 2025; license probation, no criminal charges | none documented | source |
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Pharmacy technician diverted alprazolam, zolpidem and other controlled substances from a national pharmacy chain in Easton, Maryland, by taking pills from bottles
2025-12
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Maryland Easton, MD |
a national pharmacy chain, at two stores in Easton, Maryland | Alprazolam (Xanax), zolpidem (Ambien), carisoprodol (Soma), diazepam, eszopiclone (Lunesta), and clonazepam | Stole controlled substances from the pharmacy's stores by taking them from pill bottles; was seen consuming alprazolam tablets and placing additional tablets in a lab coat pocket; admitted stealing multiple controlled substances. | not stated | Final order of revocation of pharmacy technician registration; registration revoked. | none documented | source |
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Unlicensed Director of Nursing at Cherrydale Post Acute charged with stealing oxycodone from a person
2025-12
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South Carolina Greenville, SC |
Cherrydale Post Acute | oxycodone | Allegedly stole a quantity of oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, from another person with intent to permanently deprive that person of the medication while employed at Cherrydale Post Acute. | not stated | Arrested and charged with one count of Theft of a Controlled Substance, first offense, and two counts of Unlicensed Practice as Registered Nurse or Practical Nurse; booked into the Greenville County Detention Center. Presumed innocent unless proven guilty. | none documented | source |
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Pharmacist diverted phentermine and other prescription drugs using fictitious patient profiles at a Wicomico County pharmacy
2025-12
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Maryland Wicomico County, MD |
a pharmacy in Wicomico County, Maryland | phentermine (Schedule IV CDS), cyclobenzaprine, tizanidine, and gabapentin | Created a fictitious patient profile and used it to fill and purchase prescriptions for herself; recorded prescriptions as transmitted via telephone by a physician assistant; purchased with cash; used her driver's license to complete a purchase; diverted multiple prescription drugs and/or CDS. | not stated | Consent Order: summary suspension lifted; license suspended effective April 8, 2025, for at least one year; $1,000 fine; substance use evaluation; possible rehabilitation contract; may petition to modify after six months and lift after one year; criminal case: agreement statement of facts to one count of obtaining a prescription drug by fraud, probation before judgment, one year unsupervised probation. | none documented | source |
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Nevada nurse anesthetist placed on probation for drug diversion
2025-12
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Nevada | not stated | not stated | not stated | Certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Nevada registered nurse surrendered license over controlled-substance use and drug diversion
2025-12
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Nevada | not stated | not stated | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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New Hampshire emergency department nurse pleaded guilty after keeping partial opioid doses
2025-12
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New Hampshire | Regional medical center in Keene, New Hampshire | Fentanyl, morphine and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) | not stated | Emergency department nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Emergency Room Nurse Sentenced for Tampering With Fentanyl Vials at Michigan Hospital
2025-11-25
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Michigan Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan |
Registered nurse, emergency room, Ascension St. John Hospital, Grosse Pointe Park/Detroit, MI | Fentanyl | Removed fentanyl from vials, substituted another liquid, and returned tampered vials to locked drug storage; also stole vials outright for personal use | not stated | Pleaded guilty to tampering with a consumer product; sentenced Nov. 25, 2025 to two years in federal prison | none documented | source |
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Michigan Pharmacist Fined Over West Bloomfield Drug Diversion
2025-11-19
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Michigan West Bloomfield, Michigan |
not stated | not stated | not stated | Pharmacist | not stated | none documented | source |
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Oklahoma pharmacy technician permit permanently revoked after pharmacy reported 3,762 tablets lost
2025-11-18
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Oklahoma | Pharmacy (details not stated in available excerpt) | not stated | not stated | Pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Anchorage Nurse Practitioner Sentenced for Prescribing Opioids Without Medical Purpose
2025-11-14
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Alaska Anchorage, Alaska |
not stated | Fentanyl, oxycodone, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, and diazepam | Prescribed the controlled substances to six patients between June 2016 and November 2018 without any legitimate medical purpose | Advanced Nurse Practitioner licensed to prescribe in Alaska | Convicted May 2025 — 10 felony second-degree and 2 felony third-degree counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance; sentenced Nov 14, 2025 to 3 years to serve plus 4 years probation | none documented | source |
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Massachusetts Hospice Nurse Indicted for Swapping Dementia Patient's Oxycodone with Household Cleaner
2025-11-02
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Massachusetts Amesbury, Massachusetts |
RN, long-term care/rehab facility (Amesbury, MA) | Liquid oxycodone | Allegedly removed oxycodone from a non-verbal dementia hospice patient's medication with a syringe around Mar 31, 2025 and replaced it with a household cleaning chemical | not stated | Indicted by federal grand jury Oct 30, 2025 on tampering with a consumer product; arrested Oct 31, pleaded not guilty | none documented | source |
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Hospital lead pharmacy technician diverted Oxycodone by substituting Fludrocortisone during prepackaging for automated dispensing system
2025-11
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Maryland | a hospital in Prince George's County, Maryland | Oxycodone | Switched Oxycodone 5 mg tablets with Fludrocortisone 0.1 mg tablets during prepackaging to refill an automated medication dispensing system and entered zero-count refills to conceal the swap; admitted to personally ingesting the Oxycodone. | not stated | Registration revoked. | none documented | source |
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Nurse anesthetist at a Chattanooga hospital admitted diverting leftover fentanyl from surgeries, state consent order says
2025-11
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Tennessee Chattanooga, TN |
Erlanger Baroness Hospital (Erlanger Medical Center), surgery center | fentanyl | Admitted taking and abusing unused fentanyl that would otherwise have been wasted after surgical procedures, initially once or twice a week beginning in March 2025 and increasing to daily use by June 2025; coworkers reported the nurse appeared impaired while on duty in the surgery center on or around June 30, 2025, with slurred speech, extreme tiredness, swaying with eyes closed and head nodding; the nurse failed a drug test and was fired; a hospital audit found about five instances where the automated monitoring system did not flag missing drugs, plus additional inconsistencies between drug dispensing and waste documentation that should have been flagged. | not stated | Settled the Board of Nursing case by signing a consent order in November 2025; license placed on probation while attending drug counseling; not charged with any crime related to the case. | none documented | source |
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Agency affiliated counselor alleged to have ingested unprescribed methadone while transporting clients
2025-11
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Washington | Washington state (employer not named in the release) | methadone | allegedly ingested unprescribed methadone while transporting clients; later admitted taking the methadone | not stated | charged with unprofessional conduct; terminated by employer | none documented | source |
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California pharmacist applicant filled hydrocodone prescription issued without a prescriber-patient relationship
2025-10-15
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California | Pharmacy dispensing, April 2013 | Hydrocodone (Lortab), Maxzide; marijuana possession also alleged | not stated | Pharmacist license applicant (Statement of Issues) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Licensed practical nurse accused of stealing oxycodone from a resident at Simpsonville Post Acute
2025-10
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South Carolina Simpsonville, SC |
Simpsonville Post Acute | Oxycodone | Allegedly knowingly and intentionally took a quantity of oxycodone from a resident. | not stated | Charged with one count of a controlled substance, first offense. | none documented | source |
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Veterinarian charged with issuing controlled substance prescriptions without documentation and providing medications for non-patient use
2025-10
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Washington Snohomish County, Washington |
veterinary practice | controlled substances | allegedly prescribed medications for two animals without establishing valid client relationships or conducting physical examinations, altered medical records and invoices, issued multiple controlled substance prescriptions without documentation or payment, provided these medications for non-patient use, and misrepresented the purpose of prescriptions to colleagues | not stated | charged with unprofessional conduct by the Veterinary Board of Governors | none documented | source |
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Yale New Haven Hospital nurse sentenced to federal prison for lorazepam tampering
2025-10
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Connecticut | Hospital, secure medication storage | Lorazepam | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Houston Cash-Only Pharmacy Owner and Three Pharmacists Sentenced for Pill Mill Scheme
2025-09-25
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Texas Houston, Texas |
Cash-only retail pharmacy, Houston, TX | Hydrocodone and oxycodone (Schedule II/III) | Dispensed controlled substances against fraudulent prescriptions, issued in stolen physicians' names, to individuals posing as patients for drug traffickers | not stated | Owner and three pharmacists sentenced Sept. 25, 2025 to 20 months-12 years in prison plus forfeiture orders | $2,600,000 (forfeiture) | source |
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Kansas City, Kansas retail pharmacy settles controlled substance recordkeeping allegations
2025-09-24
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Kansas | Retail pharmacy in Kansas City, Kansas | Controlled substances (unspecified); pseudoephedrine retail sales records | not stated | Retail pharmacy and its owner | not stated | none documented | source |
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Chicago pharmacy settles federal claims after technicians diverted hydrocodone
2025-09-15
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Illinois | Retail pharmacy, Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago | Hydrocodone (more than 56,000 pills); records also deficient for hydrocodone-acetaminophen and alprazolam | not stated | Two pharmacy technicians | not stated | none documented | source |
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Chicago pharmacy settles federal Controlled Substances Act claims after technician hydrocodone thefts
2025-09-15
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Illinois | Retail pharmacy, Chicago | Hydrocodone; recordkeeping gaps also involving hydrocodone-acetaminophen and alprazolam | not stated | Pharmacy (registrant); two pharmacy technicians | not stated | 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
Case summaries are based on public records (DOJ press releases, court documents, news reports). Charges are allegations unless a conviction is noted. Analysis is educational, not legal advice.
Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.