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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Nurse accused of 24 counts prescription fraud – Monroe News Star
Jacqueline Lusk(Photo: OCC) A Monroe woman is facing 24 counts of obtaining a controlled dangerous substance by fraud. According to an arrest report, agents with the Metro Narcotics Unit were dispatched to the Walgreens on [...]
Cape Fear Valley employee facing 97 charges in fraudulent prescription scheme – Fayetteville Observer
A Raeford woman faces a total of 97 charges after allegedly stealing prescription pads from her former employer and forging the signature of a doctor to get methadone and oxycodone, arrest warrants said. Faith Welsh [...]
Inwood, W.Va., woman jailed for prescription fraud – Herald-Mail Media
A West Virginia woman who pleaded guilty in August to illegally obtaining hundreds of Oxycodone pills in Maryland and West Virginia was sentenced Monday in Washington County Circuit Court to six months in the county [...]
NJ doctor joins guilty pleas in federal drug fraud investigation
A Margate doctor pleaded guilty Friday morning to more than $24 million in health benefits fraud in connection with a large-scale prescription fraud federal investigation. John Gaffney, 55, of Linwood, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to [...]
Burke County nurse, husband accused of prescription fraud – WCNC
Kristine Renae Baker (Photo: NC State Bureau of Investigation) BURKE COUNTY, N.C. – A Burke County nurse and her husband were arrested last week after investigators said they were responsible for prescription fraud. According to [...]
3 East Tennessee Nurses Indicted, Accused Of Diverting Prescription Pain Medication – The Chattanoogan
An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has led to the indictment of two Johnson City nurses on charges related to drug diversion and fraud. On Feb. 8, after being contacted by [...]
Darien Doctor Sold Opioid Prescriptions, Committed Fraud: Feds – Patch.com
DARIEN, CT — A Norwalk medical practice that became known as the “candy shop” for opioid addicts is under investigation and two doctors are facing up to 40 years in prison for what state and [...]
Miami Doc Pleads Guilty To Writing Illegal Prescriptions – Patch.com
MIAMI, FL — A Miami doctor has pleaded guilty to Medicare fraud and illegally writing prescriptions for oxycodone, hydrocodone and alprazolam. Fifty-one year-old Roberto A. Fernandez, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit [...]
Workers at Biloxi psychiatric center accused of running prescription drug ring – The Sun Herald
Three health care workers at an outpatient psychiatric center in Biloxi are accused of running a prescription drug ring in a conspiracy said to have lasted nearly three years. An indictment unsealed in U.S. District [...]
Atlanta doctors jailed for colluding with drug dealers, giving a – CBS46 News – CBS46 News Atlanta
ATLANTA (CBS46) - A pain clinic owner, an office manager who was also the wife of the owner, and two doctors have been sentenced for illegally prescribing painkillers to known addicts and drug dealers at [...]