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Showing 730 of 730 cases · page 62 of 92.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Boise Hospital Nurse Sentenced for Diverting Fentanyl Vials from an Automated Dispensing Cabinet
2019-04-16
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Idaho Boise, ID |
Hospital, Boise, ID | Fentanyl (100 mcg/2 mL vials) | Accessed an automated dispensing cabinet on at least 28 occasions between Sept. 29 and Nov. 14, 2017, falsifying and manipulating system records to conceal the withdrawals | not stated | Pleaded guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud; sentenced Apr 16, 2019, to three years of probation | none documented | source |
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Lewiston pharmacy technician sentenced to 54 months after stealing nearly 60,000 pills from employer
2019-04-09
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Idaho | Retail pharmacy in Lewiston | Hydrocodone, oxycodone, lorazepam | not stated | Pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Rhode Island VA Nurse Sentenced Over Liquid Opioid Tampering
2019-04-05
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Rhode Island Providence, Rhode Island |
Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI | Morphine and other liquid opioids | On several occasions in October and November 2017, accessed vials of liquid opioids designated for patient use, removed them from a locked storage cart, and stole the prescriptions for personal use, leaving behind vials filled with saline | not stated | Pleaded guilty December 7, 2018, to tampering with a consumer product and acquiring a controlled substance by deception; sentenced April 5, 2019, to 24 months in federal prison plus 2 years of supervised release | none documented | source |
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Boise hospital nurse diverted fentanyl vials by falsifying dispensing-system records
2019-04
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Idaho Boise, ID |
a hospital in Boise, Idaho | fentanyl, 100 mcg/2 mL vials | Employed as a registered nurse at a Boise hospital with access to a system that monitored the distribution and management of prescription medications, including controlled substances, the nurse accessed the machine and removed fentanyl 100 mcg/2 mL vials on at least 28 occasions by falsifying and manipulating information in the system; the case was charged as obtaining controlled substances by fraud. | not stated | Pleaded guilty on Oct. 25, 2018, and was sentenced to three years of probation, per the U.S. Attorney's office; investigated by a DEA-led Tactical Diversion Squad. | none documented | source |
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Hilo clinic physician and employees accused of unlawfully distributing opioids
2019-02
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Hawaii Hilo, HI |
a medical clinic in Hilo | hydrocodone, oxycodone, fentanyl and morphine | accused of prescribing and unlawfully distributing powerful narcotics, sedatives and opioids such as hydrocodone, oxycodone, fentanyl and morphine | not stated | arrested; scheduled to stand trial in U.S. District Court in June | none documented | source |
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Army hospital pharmacy technician admitted stealing and distributing hydrocodone and oxycodone
2019-02
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Hawaii Oahu, Hawaii |
Tripler Army Medical Center | hydrocodone or oxycodone | charged with and later admitted stealing and distributing 8,505 pills containing five milligrams of either hydrocodone or oxycodone from the hospital's pharmacy vault | not stated | charged; later admitted; serving a one-year sentence in a federal correctional institution in California | none documented | source |
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KU Hospital Pharmacy Tech Stole 483 Bags of Fentanyl
2018-12-10
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Kansas Kansas City, Kansas |
Pharmacy technician, University of Kansas Hospital (Kansas City, KS) | Fentanyl — 483 IV bags | Used AcuDose cabinet-stocking and expired-medication disposal duties to divert bags; flagged by internal audit's high transaction count | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced to 3 years probation + $4,300+ restitution; pharmacy license revoked | $4,300 (restitution) | source |
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Tribal pharmacy in St. Ignatius paid civil penalty after about 2,500 oxycodone pills went missing
2018-12
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Montana | Tribal health department pharmacy, St. Ignatius | Oxycodone (approximately 2,500 pills stolen or unaccounted for) | not stated | not stated | not stated | none documented | source |
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