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Showing 224 of 730 cases · page 6 of 28.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Registered nurse diverted and abused controlled substances from places of employment
2025-06
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Oregon | places of employment | controlled substances | diverted controlled substances from places of employment and abused those controlled substances; failed to answer truthfully about drug diversion and substance abuse during license renewal and a Board investigation; medication documentation discrepancies including delays, wasting full packages instead of returning them, failing to document administrations, logging out medications hours early, unaccounted medications, and documenting administration before logging out | not stated | Suspension with conditions followed by probation; licensee admitted the allegations | none documented | source |
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Facility Administrator Sentenced for Diverting Opioids From Five Senior-Care Facilities
2025-05-28
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Iowa Iowa |
Administrator, five nursing and senior living facilities, Iowa (Sept. 2021-Nov. 2022) | Fentanyl patches, hydrocodone, morphine, oxycodone | Stole medications from facilities' narcotics emergency kits and locked medication carts and rooms | not stated | Sentenced May 28, 2025 to 3 years probation, a $5,000 fine, and $1,975.61 restitution | $5,000 (criminal fine) | source |
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Illinois nursing-facility administrator sentenced to probation for diverting opioids from emergency kits and medication carts
2025-05-28
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Illinois | At least five healthcare facilities (federal case prosecuted in the Southern District of Iowa) | Fentanyl patches, hydrocodone, morphine, oxycodone | not stated | Administrator at nursing and senior living facilities | not stated | none documented | source |
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Registered nurse obtained Vyvanse from workplace without authorization and self-administered
2025-05
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Oregon | Their workplace (as stated in the source) | Vyvanse (generic equivalent) | obtained a generic equivalent to Vyvanse from their workplace without a medical order and without authorization; took it home and administered it to themselves | not stated | registered nurse license placed on 36-month probation; admitted allegations | none documented | source |
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Traveling Nurse Sentenced for Tampering With Morphine at Massachusetts Rehabilitation Facility
2025-04-04
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Massachusetts Danvers, Massachusetts |
Traveling/contract registered nurse, nursing and rehabilitation facility, Danvers, MA (assignment Dec. 2021-May 2022) | Morphine | Diverted morphine from patient-assigned bottles and diluted the remaining liquid to disguise the theft; caught via a law-enforcement controlled operation comparing bottles before and after her shift | not stated | Pleaded guilty Nov. 2024 to tampering with a consumer product; sentenced April 4, 2025 to 3 months prison plus 2 years supervised release, barred from nursing or controlled-substance-access work | none documented | source |
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Contract Nurse Sentenced for Tampering With Morphine at Kentucky Elder-Care Facility
2025-03-25
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Kentucky Lawrenceburg, Kentucky |
Contract registered nurse, elder/infirm-care health facility, Lawrenceburg, KY (Jan.-Aug. 2023) | Morphine | Stole morphine prescribed for three patients, replaced it with water and blue food coloring, and administered the tampered substance to at least one patient | not stated | Pleaded guilty to tampering with a consumer product; sentenced March 25, 2025 to 60 months in federal prison plus 3 years supervised release | none documented | source |
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Kentucky Nurse Sentenced Over Elder-Care Morphine Substitution
2025-03-24
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Kentucky Lawrenceburg, Kentucky |
Heritage Hall Rehab & Wellness Center, Anderson County (Lawrenceburg), KY | Morphine | On August 27, 2023, took morphine prescribed for three patients with significant disease and pain concerns and replaced it with water and blue food coloring made to resemble the real medication; took at least seven syringes of stolen morphine and administered the tampered substitute to at least one patient | not stated | Sentenced March 24, 2025, to 60 months in federal prison for tampering with a consumer product, plus three years of supervised release | none documented | source |
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South Carolina Practical Nurse Charged Over Nursing Home Tramadol Theft
2025-03-18
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South Carolina Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
Angel Oak Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Myrtle Beach, SC | Tramadol (Schedule IV) | Stole a quantity of Tramadol from two residents on October 23, 2024, and unlawfully obtained it for personal use while depriving the patients of their prescribed medication | not stated | Booked March 18, 2025, on two counts of Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult and two counts of Theft of a Controlled Substance, First Offense | none documented | source |
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