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Pharmacy2022-10-18T16:37:32-04:00

Prevent Pharmacy Diversion

Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians come into direct contact with controlled substances every hour of every workday – it’s their job to procure, prepare, dispense and discuss drugs with consumers. This section highlights diversion incidents by:

  • Pharmacists

  • Pharmacy technicians
  • Other pharmacy employees


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Wichita Pharmacist Gets 12.5 Years For Unlawfully Distributing Rx Drugs 2810 E 21st St N, Wichita, KS 67214 Neighborhood Pharmacy February 8, 2021 View full detail
Two doctors and five pharmacists among 49 arrested for writing prescriptions for opioids, knowing the drugs would be diverted to the streets for illicit use. 2451 Robinson Rd #200, Grand Prairie, TX 75051 Ethel’s Pharmacy February 3, 2021 View full detail
Two doctors and five pharmacists among 49 arrested for writing prescriptions for opioids, knowing the drugs would be diverted to the streets for illicit use. 2241 Peggy Ln B, Garland, TX 75042 Brandy Pharmacy February 3, 2021 View full detail
Two doctors and five pharmacists among 49 arrested for writing prescriptions for opioids, knowing the drugs would be diverted to the streets for illicit use. 918 E Park Row Dr, Arlington, TX 76010 Beco Pharmacy February 3, 2021 View full detail
Two doctors and five pharmacists among 49 arrested for writing prescriptions for opioids, knowing the drugs would be diverted to the streets for illicit use. 306 E Randol Mill Rd # 500, Arlington, TX 76011 Remcare Pharmacy February 3, 2021 View full detail
Two doctors and five pharmacists among 49 arrested for writing prescriptions for opioids, knowing the drugs would be diverted to the streets for illicit use. 329 N Hwy 67 Suite 150, Cedar Hill, TX 75104 Calvary Pharmacy February 3, 2021 View full detail
Pharmacist Sentenced for Tampering 7400 Sunnybrook Dr, Hollins, Roanoke, VA 24019, USA Home Choice Partners February 3, 2021 View full detail
Hudson woman pleads guilty to stealing painkillers prescribed to elderly patient Nashua, NH, USA February 2, 2021 View full detail
Pharmacy to pay more than two million for dispensing more than 350,000 units of opioids and routinely ignoring red flags for illegitimate prescriptions. 240 S Tallahassee St, Hazlehurst, GA 31539 Chip’s Discount Drugs February 2, 2021 View full detail
Pharmacist pays $200,000 to settle claims that they unlawfully filled prescriptions for controlled substances. 3010 US-80, Bloomingdale, GA 31302 Gordon’s Pharmacy February 2, 2021 View full detail
Federal Court Restrains Toledo Pharmacy and Two Pharmacists From Dispensing Opioids or Other Controlled Substances 3900 Sunforest Ct, Toledo, OH 43623 Shaffer Pharmacy January 27, 2021 View full detail
Federal Court Restrains Toledo Pharmacy and Two Pharmacists From Dispensing Opioids or Other Controlled Substances 3900 Sunforest Ct, Toledo, OH 43623 Shaffer Pharmacy January 27, 2021 View full detail
Pharmacy Technician sentenced for stealing painkillers meant for cancer and burn patients. 1235 East Cherokee Street, Springfield, MO, USA Mercy Hospital January 26, 2021 View full detail
Connecticut pharmacist took vials of hydromorphone hydrochloride and morphine sulfate using a syringe and reinjected saline to hide the tampering. 106 Sebethe Dr Suite C, Cromwell, CT 06416 Option Care Health December 7, 2020 View full detail
Georgia pharmacist sentenced to four years in federal prison for fraud using fake prescriptions for expensive medications later billed to insurance programs. 34 Park Avenue Northwest Baxley, Georgia 31513 Fulghum Discount Drugs November 11, 2020 View full detail
Georgia pharmacist admits to lying about filling prescriptions from high-volume opioid prescribers, pharmacy received more than a million doses from suppliers. 1229 North Way Darien, GA 31305 USA Darien Pharmacy November 11, 2020 View full detail
In the Western District of Tennessee, Michelle Bonifield was a pharmacy technician at Mehr Drug Store in Bells, operated by codefendant Glenn Bonfield Jr., the pharmacist. An indictment accuses the Bonifields of conspiring with others to distribute hydrocodone, oxycodone and pharmaceutical amphetiamines outside the course of professional practice. See https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1155181/download 81 Main St, Bells, TN 38034 Mehr Drug Store November 19, 2019 View full detail
In the Western District of Tennessee, Michelle Bonifield was a pharmacy technician at Mehr Drug Store in Bells, operated by codefendant Glenn Bonfield Jr., the pharmacist. An indictment accuses the Bonifields of conspiring with others to distribute hydrocodone, oxycodone and pharmaceutical amphetiamines outside the course of professional practice. See https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1155181/download 81 Main St Bells, TN 38034 Mehr Drug Store November 19, 2019 View full detail
A former Marysville pharmacist was formally charged with defrauding a hospital to illegally obtain more than 200,000 doses of prescription pills, mostly opioids. Kyle Wilhelm, 40, was arraigned in U.S. District Court and charged with fraudulently obtaining controlled substances, which is punishable by up to eight years in prison and a fine up to $250,000, 7470 S Brockway Rd, Yale, MI 48097 McLaren Port Huron Yale Community Health Center November 19, 2019 View full detail
McLaren agrees to pay record $7.75M settlement over drug diversion allegations at several retail pharmacies. 1221 Pine Grove Ave, Port Huron, MI 48060 McLaren Pharmacy at McLaren Port Huron November 19, 2019 View full detail
In the Middle District of Tennessee, John Polston, a pharmacist licensed by the state of Tennessee’s Board of Pharmacy, was in charge of the Oakley Pharmacy Inc., doing business as Dale Hollow Pharmacy in Clay County. He is accused of knowingly and without authority dispensing and distributing pain medications and benzodiazepines, drugs which are dangerous 102 Old Jefferson St, Celina, TN 38551 Oakley Pharmacy Inc., DBA Dale Hollow Pharmacy November 19, 2019 View full detail
used a syringe to steal fentanyl and other powerful painkillers from vials, then replaced the painkillers with sterile water. Many of the painkillers were to be used for patients undergoing surgery or giving birth. Several lawsuits subsequently were filed against the hospital by former patients who say they suffered needless pain because of the theft 1660 60th St, West Des Moines, IA 50266 Methodist West Hospital November 19, 2019 View full detail
A 37-year-old former at the was placed on probation for stealing drugs from the hospital. Federal prosecutors say Heydon White, a pharmacy technician, admitted that he stole the painkiller fentanyl from cabinets at the University of Kansas Hospital. He was responsible for stocking the computerized cabinets and removing expired medication for disposal. Prosecutors say White 4000 Cambridge St, Kansas City, KS 66160 University of Kansas Hospital November 19, 2019 View full detail
Pharmacy Technician charged with stealing nearly 18,000 pills and vials of medication, including opiates like Percocet, OxyContin and fentanyl, over a 13-month period. The Technician accomplished the thefts by altering pill counts and marking multiple bottles of pills as “expired,” which allowed her to remove them from secure automated dispensing machines, One state investigator called 85 Herrick St, Beverly, MA 01915 Beverly Hospital November 19, 2019 View full detail
the Director of Pharmacy at New York’s Beth Israel Medical Center was charged with stealing approximately 200,000 oxycodone tablets with an approximate street value of $5.6 million. 3201 Kings Hwy, Brooklyn, NY 11234 Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center - Petrie Division (Brooklyn Hospital Center) November 19, 2019 View full detail