In the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, a former licensed practical nurse allegedly filled fraudulent prescriptions for oxycodone in her name and in the names of others at a local pharmacy in order to obtain the pills for herself and to distribute to others. Brown forged the prescriptions primarily from prescription pads and paper she stole
The DEA commenced its investigation of Dignity Health following reported losses of over 20,000 tablets of hydrocodone from the outpatient pharmacy at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton, CA in late 2010 and 2011. A 2011 audit conducted by the DEA at the pharmacy revealed significant shortages of a number of the controlled substances evaluated,
Over the course of at least 85 different occasions between February 1, 2010 and August 20, 2013, the pharmacist stole more than 35,000 pills, including highly addictive painkillers such as oxycodone. DEA’s ensuing audit of AMH’s controlled substances revealed pill count discrepancies totaling over 35,000, missing or incomplete medication inventories, and altered or missing drug
Thomas was employed as a nurse practitioner by a medical facility with multiple facilities in Idaho. Each facility had a locked cabinet where controlled substances, including painkillers, were kept. Thomas did not have access to the locked cabinets. On at least seven occasions, however, Thomas accessed the cabinets at different facilities, and took bottles of
Record high fine, to date. Two nurses stole nearly 16,000 pills, mostly oxycodone, from automated dispensing machines. Another pediatric nurse injected himself with Dilaudid while at work. And other findings, e.g., a doctor prescribing CS for patients without seeing them, staff not securing CS, etc. DEA’s ensuing audit of MGH’s controlled substances revealed pill count
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ Pharmacy and the U.S. Attorney’s Office have reached an agreement settling alleged pharmacy violations in which the pharmacy will pay a $95,520 civil penalty and take other steps to ensure compliance with federal law and Drug Enforcement Administration regulations, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme announced. The settlement agreement is the
Pharmacists sentenced to prison and ordered to pay millions in restitution to the state for illegally dispensing controlled narcotics in a "pill mill" scheme.
Desiree Ulibarri, 31, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty in federal court to federal prescription opioid conspiracy charges under a plea agreement that recommends that she be sentenced to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 57 months followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court. At the time Ulibarri committed
A woman, age 36, of Osceola, was charged with three counts of acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, deception, and subterfuge and three counts of false statements related to health care matters. The indictment alleges she fraudulently obtained Oxycodone pills from residents at Calvin Community and Valley View Village nursing homes in Des Moines
In the Northern District of Alabama, a doctor allegedly dispensed controlled substances and other prescription drugs directly from the clinic, and prescribed excessive quantities of controlled substances to the same patients several times per month resulting in as many as 15 pills per day for some patients. In that case, the doctor also signed blank