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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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VA Hospital Pharmacy Employees Charged with Stealing and Selling Opioids
2017-02-08
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Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas |
VA John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital (Little Rock, AR) | Oxycodone, hydrocodone, promethazine with codeine syrup | Pharmacy tech used VA supplier web-portal access to order excess drugs, falsified invoices, redistributed to coworkers | not stated | Federal indictment unsealed Feb 8, 2017; 8 counts including conspiracy to steal and distribute | none documented | source |
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Minnesota pharmacist diverted hydrocodone, zolpidem and tramadol for years and altered records; license suspended indefinitely
2017-02
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Minnesota | Multiple pharmacies where the licensee practiced | Hydrocodone/acetaminophen, zolpidem, tramadol | not stated | Pharmacist | not stated | none documented | source |
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MedStar Ambulance Paramedic Supervisor Charged with Tampering with Fentanyl and Morphine
2017-01-18
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Illinois O'Fallon, Illinois |
MedStar Ambulance Inc. (O'Fallon / Metro East St. Louis, IL) | Fentanyl and morphine — ambulance narcotic supply | Punctured tamper-resistant vial packaging with a needle, replaced drug with water/saline, falsified records to conceal losses | not stated | Indicted Jan 18, 2017; convicted on all 38 counts; sentenced Aug 21, 2018 to 111 months | 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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Traveling nurse surrendered license after admitting to stealing fentanyl from Massachusetts hospital
2017
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Massachusetts Newburyport, MA |
Anna Jaques Hospital | fentanyl, morphine, hydromorphone | Stealing fentanyl, morphine and hydromorphone from the hospital; admitted to stealing 27 doses of fentanyl for patients already discharged. | not stated | Surrendered license as a traveling nurse in 2017. | none documented | source |
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Carlsbad Pharmacy Technician Pleads Guilty to Stealing Oxycodone
2016-12-20
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New Mexico Carlsbad, New Mexico |
Southwest Pharmacy (Carlsbad, NM) | Oxycodone — approximately 20,344 tablets alleged stolen over the employment period | Pharmacy technician took pills directly from stock bottles for personal use | not stated | Pleaded guilty Dec 20, 2016 to misdemeanor unlawful possession of a controlled substance | $1,000 (criminal fine) | source |
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New Mexico pharmacy technician pleaded guilty after oxycodone theft report from Carlsbad pharmacy
2016-12-20
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New Mexico | Retail pharmacy in Carlsbad, Eddy County | Oxycodone tablets | not stated | Pharmacy technician | not stated | none documented | source |
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Casper physician suspended over alleged excessive painkiller prescriptions and oxycodone conspiracy
2016-12
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Wyoming Casper, WY |
Casper, WY | oxycodone, methadone, fentanyl, hydrocodone, phentermine, hydromorphone, tramadol, testosterone cypionate | The board found the physician prescribed high amounts of oxycodone, methadone, and fentanyl to one patient and may have conspired to acquire a scheduled drug by deception for use by someone other than that patient; prescribed controlled substances to a patient with whom he was in a relationship and may have obtained them by fraud; and increased and decreased oxycodone doses for another patient, which the board said could be careless disregard or conspiracy to acquire a narcotic by fraud. | not stated | Wyoming Board of Medicine summarily suspended the physician's license until a formal complaint and hearing; the physician was arrested and charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. | none documented | source |
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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.