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Showing 6 of 875 cases.
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North Dakota Pharmacist Charged in Stimulant Diversion Case (2025)
2025
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North Dakota North Dakota |
Pharmacist at Walls Long Term Care, Grand Forks (North Dakota) | 1,566 pills (Vyvanse, Concerta, Focalin, methylphenidate, Adderall, Jornay PM) valued at about $15,631 per pharmacy owner | Charge as worded in the source: Class B felony theft; Class B felony deceptive writings; Class C felony acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation or fraud; Class A misdemeanor possession of a schedule II stimulant; Class A misdemeanor ingesting a controlled substance | not stated | Charged (2025); charges are allegations, no conviction reported in the source | none documented | source |
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Grand Forks Surgery Center Nurse Suspended Over Suspected Medication Diversion
2024-07-25
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North Dakota Grand Forks, North Dakota |
not stated | Controlled medications (specific drug not identified in the board record) | Terminated from employment in May 2024 following allegations of suspected diversion of controlled medications from the surgery center | RN/LPN (license lapsed), North Dakota Surgery Center, Grand Forks, ND | Stipulation for Settlement accepted Jul 25, 2024 — license suspended indefinitely, $2,000 penalty plus costs and disbursements | none documented | source |
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Pembina County Long-Term Care Nurse Charged With Stealing Resident Narcotics
2020-04-13
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North Dakota Mountain, North Dakota |
Long-term care facility in Pembina County, North Dakota | Hydrocodone/APAP, oxycodone, and transdermal fentanyl patches | Allegedly substituted over-the-counter medication for residents' prescribed opioids from March-November 2017; discovered via a tampered medication card | not stated | Charged April 13, 2020 with 9 felony counts of theft of a prescription, 2 felony counts of reckless endangerment, and 1 misdemeanor theft count - the first case brought by the state's new Medicaid Fraud Control Unit | none documented | source |
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Three former Trinity Hospital hospice nurses accused of stealing drugs and endangering patients
2017-09
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North Dakota Minot, ND |
Trinity Hospital's Home Health and Hospice program | morphine and hydromorphine; drugs prescribed for hospice patients | Accused of stealing drugs prescribed for hospice patients; two charged with endangering a patient by diluting medication or giving morphine instead of prescribed hydromorphine; alleged conspiracy to steal drugs; one allegedly confessed to ingesting unused medication and self-administering for over a year; investigation found multiple drug diversions in records of 104 patients. | not stated | Charged with felony offenses; two voluntarily surrendered nursing licenses after admitting to board allegations; one arrested and signed promise to appear. | none documented | source |
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Former Trinity Home Health/Hospice nurses accused of diluting and diverting patients' morphine and hydromorphone
2014-09
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North Dakota Minot, ND |
Trinity Home Health/Hospice | morphine and hydromorphone; prescription pain medication | Allegedly diluted nursing home patients' medications; administered morphine instead of hydromorphone; brought unused medication back to the office after a patient died and ingested it; investigation found multiple instances of drug diversion. | not stated | Charges across suspects include Endangering a Vulnerable Adult (B felony), Conspiracy (C felony), and Theft of Property (C felony); two former nurses voluntarily surrendered their nursing licenses after admitting to the drug-diversion allegations; arrest warrants were issued. | none documented | source |
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North Dakota Health Care Worker Sentenced in Controlled Substance Diversion Case (2011)
2011
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North Dakota North Dakota |
Health Care Worker (North Dakota) | Controlled substances (not specified in the source) | Details are limited to what the source states; see the summary above | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2011); terms are in the source | none documented | source |
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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.