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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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National chain pharmacy manager disciplined after oxycodone reported lost/stolen as employee pilferage
2023-06
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Maryland Waldorf, MD |
a national chain pharmacy | Oxycodone HCL 10 mg and 15 mg tablets | The pharmacy reported an occurrence classified as employee pilferage; a DEA report listed oxycodone HCL 10 mg and 15 mg tablets lost or stolen. The Board found the pharmacist violated patient safety and standard-of-care rules for filling questionable CII prescriptions without validation and for refusing-to-dispense requirements; fraud and false-record charges were dismissed as unsubstantiated. | not stated | Consent order: license reprimanded, placed on probation for at least one year, required continuing education, and a $1,000 fine. | none documented | source |
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Montgomery County Pharmacy Reaches Consent Decree Over Fraudulent Opioid Dispensing
2023-05-31
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Maryland Germantown, Maryland |
Retail pharmacy | Opioids dispensed concurrently with stimulants | Filled fraudulent prescriptions for out-of-area patients and high-MME, cash-paid combinations while ignoring red flags | not stated | Consent decree approved — $100,000 civil penalty; pharmacist license surrendered (May 2023) | $100,000 (civil penalty) | source |
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Raleigh-Area Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Surgical Patients' Painkillers
2023-05-22
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North Carolina Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina |
Surgical practice, Fuquay-Varina/Raleigh, NC | Fentanyl, morphine, meperidine | Extracted drug from 78+ vials, refilled with saline | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced May 2023 to 48 months | none documented | source |
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Cape Girardeau Nurse Admits Taking Leftover Fentanyl from Hospital
2023-05-05
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Missouri Cape Girardeau, Missouri |
Saint Francis Medical Center, ED (Cape Girardeau, MO) | Fentanyl — leftover/tampered vials | Self-administered leftover fentanyl from tampered vials | not stated | Pleaded guilty May 2023; sentencing pending | $5,000 (criminal fine) | source |
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Surgical practice nurse sentenced for tampering with fentanyl, morphine, and meperidine and replacing them with saline
2023-05
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North Carolina Raleigh, NC |
a Raleigh-area surgical practice | fentanyl, morphine, and meperidine | extracted medication from vials of fentanyl, morphine, and meperidine and replaced it with saline, compromising at least 78 vials, including those intended for surgical patients; testing found compromised vials contained less than 15% of the actual medication and that tampering rendered multiple vials unsterile | not stated | sentenced to 48 months in prison and three years of supervised release; pleaded guilty to the charges; plea agreement requires permanent surrender of the nursing license | none documented | source |
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Pharmacy technician's credential revoked for theft of oxycodone tablets from a patient's prescription
2023-05
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Louisiana | Pharmacy | oxycodone | theft of eight oxycodone tablets from a patient's prescription | not stated | credential revoked; prohibited from applying or reapplying to practice or assist in the practice of pharmacy | none documented | source |
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Denver Paramedic Supervisor Sentenced for Stealing 1,900 Vials of Fentanyl
2023-04-19
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Colorado Denver, Colorado |
Paramedic department, Denver-area hospital (Denver, CO) | Fentanyl — ambulance narcotics kits | Stole ~1,900 vials over 4 years; falsified logs; refilled vials with saline | not stated | Sentenced Apr 19, 2023 — 3 years + 3 yrs supervised release | none documented | source |
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Chicago-Area Rehab Center Nursing Director Pleads Guilty to Diluting Patients' Morphine
2023-04-11
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Illinois Chicago, Illinois |
Medical rehabilitation center | Liquid morphine | Removed morphine from prescribed bottles, diluted remaining doses with another liquid, and administered the weakened doses to patients | not stated | Pleaded guilty to tampering with a consumer product (April 2023); sentencing pending | none documented | source |
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