What Happened
Sentenced stage (reported Nov. 18, 2024): a former western Pennsylvania nurse practitioner who pleaded guilty over fraudulent oxycodone prescriptions received 11 1/2 to 23 months in jail followed by eight years of probation. The page gives a range rather than a single custodial term, so no sentence_months is recorded.
Reported status: Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2024) to 96 months probation.
About This Entry
This entry reports only what the linked source states. Fields the source does not state (for example the employer type, drug schedule or a sentence) are left out rather than inferred, so it is shorter than the registry's fully analysed cases.
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- Investigation Playbook — How to run an internal diversion investigation.
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