Looking for one source on Prescription Fraud in the News? Look no further. HelioMetrics has pulled together this page as a resource for you to see those Prescription Fraud stories that made headlines. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of every Prescription Fraud, it is only a list of them that actually made the press, which is a fraction of the total that happen daily around the United States. You can also check out Drug Diversion in the News for more stories related to Prescription Fraud.
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Keene dentist sentenced on drug charges – The Keene Sentinel
A Keene dentist whose ability to issue prescriptions for controlled drugs was suspended by the N.H. Board of Dental Examiners in November 2014 was recently sentenced on drug charges in Cheshire County Superior Court. Dr. [...]
Nanticoke Woman Charged with Illegally Obtaining Prescription – PA home page
HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) The State Attorney General's office has filed charges against Chambre J. Frazier, 27, of Nanticoke. Attorney General Bruce R. Beemer said the charges filed Frazier, are the result of a joint [...]
Maine board puts South Portland doctor convicted of fraud on probation – Press Herald
Dr. Joel Sabean, a South Portland dermatologist convicted last month on charges including tax evasion and writing unlawful prescriptions, has been put on probation by the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine. The board said [...]
Chicago man pretends to be physician to get fake prescription – WMTV
REEDSBURG, Wis. (WMTV) --- Reedsburg police were alerted by one of the local pharmacists that she had received a suspicious call. So, when 32-year-old Xavier Coleman showed up to get his prescription, so did the [...]
How to Safeguard Against Fraudulent Prescriptions – ModernMedicine
Editor’s note. In his column, “that’ll be 240 ‘blue roxys’” David Stanley, RPh, tells of a close personal encounter with someone trying – unsuccessfully to fill an obviously fraudulent prescription. Mr. Stanley raises the issue [...]
Defendant Gets One Year Jail Term, For Prescription Fraud … – kwbe
BEATRICE – A one-year Gage County Jail sentence has been given to a woman convicted of obtaining a prescription drug by fraud. 25-year-old Alyssa Lange was sentenced in Gage County District Court, Wednesday, by Judge [...]
Lower Saucon couple charged in fake prescription scam – lehighvalleylive.com
A Lower Saucon Township couple, on probation in a case that involved providing a teenager with intoxicants, face unrelated drug charges, Hellertown police report. An investigation into fake prescriptions for 30 mg of Adderall being passed at [...]
Former Bristol woman, charged in prescription drug fraud ring, turns herself in – Bristol Press
BRISTOL — A former city woman is being held on $1.1 million bond after leaving a program and failing to appear in court in connection with charges she was involved in a prescription drug fraud [...]
Man reportedly forged prescriptions for more than year – Journal Times
RACINE — A Chicago man is facing 26 felony charges after reportedly forging prescriptions for hydrocodone for more than a year. According to a criminal complaint: Daniel P. Dinnocenzo, 47, of the 3600 block of [...]
Medical mess-up! – Careless doctors aiding prescription fraud – Jamaica Gleaner
Prescription fraud is becoming a serious problem in Jamaica, and doctors who flout the law by not ensuring their names and registration numbers are clearly visible on all prescriptions are a major part of the [...]