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Showing 46 of 730 cases · page 5 of 6.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Nevada grocery-pharmacy technician accused of diverting hydrocodone, amphetamine and oxycodone tablets from patient bottles
2017-08
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Nevada | Retail grocery-chain pharmacy | Hydrocodone/acetaminophen, amphetamine salts and oxycodone (alleged) | not stated | Registered pharmaceutical technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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California respiratory care practitioner's license revoked after nursing board discipline for possessing controlled substances and false hospital records
2017-03-25
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California | not stated | Controlled substance (not specified in the board summary) | not stated | Respiratory care practitioner who also held a registered nursing license | not stated | none documented | source |
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California respiratory care practitioner surrendered license after being found with four fentanyl syringes not needed for work
2017-03-23
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California | not stated | Fentanyl | not stated | Respiratory care practitioner | not stated | none documented | source |
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Pharmaceutical distributor pays record $150 million penalty over unreported suspicious controlled-substance orders
2017-01-17
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New Jersey | Distribution centers serving independent and small chain pharmacies | Controlled substances (suspicious orders) | not stated | Pharmaceutical distributor (DEA registrant) | not stated | none documented | source |
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DC hospital administrative assistant indicted over forged prescriptions for 600 oxycodone pills
2016-10
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District of Columbia | University hospital in Washington, DC | Oxycodone (about 600 pills alleged) | not stated | Administrative assistant (former hospital employee) | not stated | none documented | source |
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New Haven man pleaded guilty in fraudulent oxycodone prescription ring that used runners at Connecticut pharmacies
2016-06-16
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Connecticut | Pharmacies throughout Connecticut | Oxycodone | not stated | Member of a drug trafficking organization (not a licensed provider) | not stated | none documented | source |
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New Haven oxycodone ring used forged prescriptions and stolen prescriber identities
2016-06-16
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Connecticut | Pharmacies throughout Connecticut | Oxycodone | not stated | Member of a drug trafficking organization | not stated | none documented | source |
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California hospital system agreed to $1.55 million civil penalty after hydrocodone losses at Stockton outpatient pharmacy
2015-04
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California | Outpatient pharmacy at a Stockton medical center and other Sacramento-area facilities | Hydrocodone tablets and other controlled substances | not stated | Hospital system as DEA registrant | not stated | none documented | source |
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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
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.