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Showing 730 of 730 cases · page 24 of 92.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Pharmacy assistant charged after allegedly attempting to deliver a controlled substance against pharmacy policy
2024-10
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Washington Snohomish County, Washington |
a pharmacy | a controlled substance (unspecified) | Allegedly attempted to deliver a controlled substance in violation of pharmacy policy, resulting in termination from employment; has not responded to the state's investigation | not stated | Charged with unprofessional conduct by the Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission | none documented | source |
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Jackson, Kentucky Clinic Physician Pays $450,000 Over Invalid Prescriptions and Lab Kickbacks
2024-09-27
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Kentucky Jackson, Kentucky |
St. John Neumann's Extended Hours Clinic, a private medical practice in Jackson, Kentucky | Schedule II controlled substances issued via pre-signed prescription pads | Physician pre-signed 94 blank controlled-substance prescriptions so unauthorized staff could complete and issue them to patients he had not evaluated, including while he was out of the country | not stated | Physician and office manager paid $450,000 civil settlement, September 2024; physician agreed to a 15-year exclusion from federal health programs and surrendered his DEA registration | $450,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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25 Charged in Puerto Rico Retail Pharmacy Prescription Drug Diversion Ring
2024-09-19
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Puerto Rico Bayamón, Aibonito, and Canóvanas, Puerto Rico |
not stated | Misbranded and diverted prescription drugs sold in unlabeled resealable bags | Bought diverted prescription drugs from unlicensed wholesale distributors and resold them to unsuspecting retail customers, billing health plans as though the product were authentic | Pharmacy owners, a pharmacist, and a pharmacy technician across five Puerto Rico retail pharmacies | 25 defendants indicted Sep 19, 2024 in the District of Puerto Rico; scheme generated more than $13 million since 2018 | none documented | source |
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Dedham Rehabilitation Center Nurse Tampered with Oxycodone Syringes
2024-09-17
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Massachusetts Dedham, Massachusetts |
Rehabilitation center for long-term chronic and post-acute care, Dedham, Massachusetts | Liquid oxycodone | Removed oxycodone from patient syringes, consumed it, and refilled syringes with water or saline before returning them to medication carts | not stated | Sentenced Sept. 2024 to three years of probation after pleading guilty to tampering with a consumer product | none documented | source |
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VA Nurse Diverted Narcotics from Dying Veterans at West Haven VA
2024-09-12
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Connecticut West Haven, Connecticut |
RN, West Haven VA Medical Center ICU (West Haven, CT) | Fentanyl, hydromorphone, oxycodone | Ingested "waste" portions of patients' narcotics, including repeatedly dosing a braindead patient with fentanyl to divert the excess; falsified VA records to show narcotics as properly administered or disposed of | not stated | Pleaded guilty Jun 18, 2024 to obtaining controlled substances by fraud/subterfuge; sentenced to 2 years probation, first 6 months in home confinement | none documented | source |
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Savannah-Area Weight-Loss Clinic Physician Pays $100,000 Over Controlled-Substance Recordkeeping Failures
2024-09-11
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Georgia Savannah, Georgia |
Scale Solutions weight-loss clinics, Savannah area, Georgia | Phentermine and phendimetrazine | Physician failed to maintain required inventory and dispensing records for controlled substances and repeatedly moved them from DEA-registered offices to his home | not stated | Physician paid $100,000 civil penalty and accepted two years of increased DEA oversight, September 2024 | $100,000 (civil penalty) | source |
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Hawaii nurse alleged to have swapped a patient's Adderall tablets for Seroquel
2024-09-09
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Hawaii | Treatment center employer operating as Nova Luna Center and ʻAi Pono Hawaii | Adderall (four tablets allegedly taken from a patient's pill packet and replaced with four Seroquel tablets) | not stated | Licensed nurse (charged under Hawaii nursing statute HRS 457 and nursing rules HAR 16-89) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Former nurse accused of replacing fentanyl with tap water in IV drips at Oregon hospital
2024-09
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Oregon Medford, OR |
Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center | fentanyl | accused of replacing prescribed fentanyl with nonsterile tap water in intravenous drips; police investigation into theft and misuse of controlled substances that resulted in patient infections; hospital officials believed an employee had been diverting fentanyl | not stated | civil wrongful death and medical malpractice lawsuit filed against the hospital; the former nurse was arrested in June and charged with 44 counts of second-degree assault and has pleaded not guilty | none documented | source |
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