Oxycodone diversion cases

248 documented cases, 1990–2026.

Figures are derived from the 931 case records collected on this site, not from any official total. A record counts here when its Drug field names oxycodone; it also appears on the opioids page.

Monetary penalties stated

Median: $60,000
Smallest $525 · largest $2,600,000

Median of 39 amounts in US dollars (civil settlements and penalties, criminal fines, restitution, forfeiture) stated in 31 of 248 records. 217 records state no dollar amount.

Custodial sentences stated

Shortest: 99 days
Longest: 276 months (23 years)

59 prison or jail terms stated in 56 of 248 records. Probation, supervised release, home confinement and suspended terms are not counted.

Roles named in the records

Pharmacist49
Physician / surgeon45
Nurse (role unspecified)43
Not stated in the record or its title41
Pharmacy technician37
Registered nurse (RN)11
Licensed practical / vocational nurse9
Nurse practitioner / APRN6
Dentist / oral surgery3
Nurse aide / assistant2
Surgical / OR technician1
Veterinarian1

From the Role field (45) or, where the record has none, the case title (162).

States with the most records

New York19
Maryland14
South Carolina11
Pennsylvania10
District of Columbia9
New Jersey9
Connecticut8
Florida8

50 states and territories in all; every state.

Settings involved

Other / not classified118
Retail pharmacy62
Hospital / health system46
Long-term care10
Dental / oral surgery4
Home health / hospice3
No setting stated5

Other drugs and classes

Cases

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  1. Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Stealing 67,000 Doses of Prescription Narcotics — Minnesota, 2014 2014-10-28 · Burnsville, Minnesota · Retail pharmacy
  2. Delaware state hospital nurse charged with forging medication records to obtain oxycodone 2014-03-24 · Hospital / health system
  3. Former nurse at Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill charged with forging controlled-substance records to divert oxycodone 2014-03 · Smyrna, DE · Hospital / health system
  4. New Jersey Pharmacist Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2014) 2014 · New Jersey · Retail pharmacy
  5. Maryland Physician Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2014) 2014 · Maryland · Other / not classified
  6. Hospital pharmacist convicted of stealing oxycodone and Ambien from Mid Coast Hospital for personal use 2013-10 · Brunswick, ME · Hospital / health system
  7. Psychiatrist found to have unlawfully possessed controlled substances taken back from patients and kept no required records 2013-09 · Albuquerque, NM · Other / not classified
  8. California retail pharmacy technician accused of conspiring with physician to divert opioids; Board decision issued 2013-07-17 · Retail pharmacy
  9. VA Hospital Pharmacy Technician Sentenced for Stealing Oxycodone and Other Narcotics — Oregon, 2013 2013-01-31 · Roseburg, Oregon · Hospital / health system
  10. New Hampshire pharmacy technician surrendered registration after alleged theft of oxycodone tablets 2013-01 · Retail pharmacy
  11. Washington Physician Convicted in Opioid Diversion Case (2013) 2013 · Washington · Other / not classified
  12. Florida Pharmacist Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2013) 2013 · Florida · Other / not classified
  13. Pharmacy technician accused of removing pills from a filled Oxycontin prescription and returning it to conceal the theft 2012-12 · Rockville, MD · Retail pharmacy
  14. DC hospital medical technician sold patient data and blank prescription forms used for forged oxycodone scripts 2012-09-21 · Hospital / health system
  15. Lutz pharmacist sentenced to 17 years for dispensing oxycodone on fraudulent prescriptions and to a DEA confidential source 2012-08-21 · Retail pharmacy
  16. Westchester pharmacy technician charged with trafficking oxycodone, hydrocodone and alprazolam after DEA parking-lot arrest 2011-12-21
  17. Former state developmental center employee sentenced to prison for selling oxycodone in Cumberland County 2011-10-28 · Other / not classified
  18. Manhattan, Kansas registered nurse pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and obstruction 2011-06-13 · Other / not classified
  19. Registered nurse signed out extra OxyContin, Percocet, and oxycodone not given to residents and forged a narcotic sheet 2011-01 · Long-term care
  20. New Jersey physician's license revoked for prescribing Percocet without medical justification 2010-10-12 · Other / not classified
  21. Nursing home nurse took Percocet from a resident's medication supply for personal use 2005-06 · Kennebunk, ME · Other / not classified
  22. Physician assistant's certification revoked after guilty plea to illegally distributing oxycodone 2004-01 · Montgomery, PA · Other / not classified
  23. University of Utah Medical Center nurse accused of diverting Percocet by substituting Tylenol 1990-06 · Hospital / health system

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