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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Fort Walton Beach Gastroenterologist Pays $300,000 to Settle Controlled Substances Act Prescribing Allegations
2026-09-21
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Florida Fort Walton Beach, Florida |
Gastroenterology practice, Fort Walton Beach, FL | Oxycodone-acetaminophen, hydrocodone-acetaminophen, lorazepam, alprazolam, clonazepam, and tramadol | Unlawfully prescribed at least 127 controlled-substance prescriptions from Jun 2023 to Mar 2025 while maintaining no patient records | not stated | Civil settlement: $300,000, agreed not to reapply for a Schedule II/IIN DEA registration, additional DEA monitoring, announced Sep 21, 2026 | $300,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Pottstown Physician Pays $100,000 to Settle Controlled Substances Act Violations
2026-07-02
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Pennsylvania Pottstown, Pennsylvania |
Physician practice, Pottstown, PA | Controlled substances prescribed "for stock" and moved outside the registered address | Incomplete/inaccurate controlled-substance recordkeeping; stock prescriptions not tied to identified patients; improper relocation of controlled substances | not stated | Civil settlement: $100,000 + 3-year DEA Memorandum of Agreement, announced Jul 2, 2026 | $100,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Portland Mental Health Clinic Pays $20,000 to Settle Controlled Substances Act Violations
2026-01-26
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Maine Portland, Maine |
Mental health clinic, Portland, ME (Riverbird, LLC) | Lorazepam and other controlled substances kept by the clinic | Failed to report known diversion by a clinic physician to DEA; no post-ownership-change inventory; incomplete controlled-substance recordkeeping | not stated | Civil settlement: $20,000 + 3-year DEA Memorandum of Understanding, announced Jan 26, 2026; no admission of liability | $20,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Jackson, Kentucky Clinic Physician Pays $450,000 Over Invalid Prescriptions and Lab Kickbacks
2024-09-27
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Kentucky Jackson, Kentucky |
St. John Neumann's Extended Hours Clinic, a private medical practice in Jackson, Kentucky | Schedule II controlled substances issued via pre-signed prescription pads | Physician pre-signed 94 blank controlled-substance prescriptions so unauthorized staff could complete and issue them to patients he had not evaluated, including while he was out of the country | not stated | Physician and office manager paid $450,000 civil settlement, September 2024; physician agreed to a 15-year exclusion from federal health programs and surrendered his DEA registration | $450,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Savannah-Area Weight-Loss Clinic Physician Pays $100,000 Over Controlled-Substance Recordkeeping Failures
2024-09-11
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Georgia Savannah, Georgia |
Scale Solutions weight-loss clinics, Savannah area, Georgia | Phentermine and phendimetrazine | Physician failed to maintain required inventory and dispensing records for controlled substances and repeatedly moved them from DEA-registered offices to his home | not stated | Physician paid $100,000 civil penalty and accepted two years of increased DEA oversight, September 2024 | $100,000 (civil penalty) | source |
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Maui nurse sanctioned after alleged diversion of Adderall from patient medication packet
2024-08
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Hawaii | Nova Luna Inc., dba Nova Luna Center and 'Ai Pono Hawaii | Adderall and Seroquel | Allegedly diverted four Adderall tablets from a patient's medication pill packet, replaced them with four Seroquel tablets, and had no authorization to possess, obtain, furnish, or administer the Adderall herself. | not stated | Board of Nursing sanctioned the nurse with a $5,000 fine on Aug. 1, 2024, in a board-approved settlement agreement. | none documented | source |
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Palomar Health Pays $250,000 Over Fentanyl Diversion in Cath Lab
2024-06-03
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California Escondido, California |
Palomar Health Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Escondido, California | Fentanyl | Employee diverted vials from automated dispensing machines over a five-month period; unused fentanyl was not properly disposed of | not stated | Palomar Health paid $250,000 CSA civil settlement June 2024 and entered a DEA monitoring agreement | $250,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Registered nurse and advanced practice nurse charged after removing hydromorphone without patient orders and admitting to diverting controlled substances from the workplace
2024-06
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Washington Okanogan County, Washington |
Workplace | hydromorphone | Charges state that in October 2023 the nurse removed hydromorphone for multiple patients who did not have orders for hydromorphone, and did not document the administration or waste of the medication; the nurse admitted to diverting controlled substances from the workplace for personal use over approximately two years. | not stated | Charged with unprofessional conduct by the Board of Nursing (formerly the Nursing Commission) in June 2024; the provider may respond to the Department of Health in writing, after which the case enters the settlement process. | none documented | source |
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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.