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Clinton police bust prescription forgery ring, authorities say – WAPT Jackson
HelioMetrics Comment: This is becoming a very common thing. If you still have blank prescription pads, please make sure they are secured. CLINTON, Miss. — Three people are facing charges in connection with a prescription [...]
Walgreens Worker Forged Doctors Name On Stolen Prescription Pad, Police Say – Hartford Courant
A Walgreens employee was arrested Wednesday for allegedly stealing prescription pads and writing herself prescriptions for Percocet. Deane Burkhart, 45, of Wallingford reportedly received 174 pills during several fraudelent transactions in which she'd forged the [...]
Former SLU hospital resident accused of writing fraudulent pain pill prescriptions – STLtoday.com
ST. LOUIS • A former resident at St. Louis University Hospital wrote fraudulent prescriptions to obtain pain pills and other drugs for himself and others, a federal indictment claims. That former resident, Kyle Betts, was indicted [...]
Former Midlothian physician convicted of writing 52 bogus prescriptions for highly addictive opioids – Richmond.com
A former Midlothian physician was convicted Wednesday of writing 52 prescriptions over 1½ years for highly addictive opioid drugs in a fraud scheme that involved six accomplices and netted the doctor a cut of the [...]
Woman charged with prescription fraud – Cherry Hill Courier Post
WESTAMPTON - A Delanco woman is accused of using a forged prescription in a bid to get painkillers. Stephanie Schwarz, 31, was arrested shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday at a CVS pharmacy on Springside Road [...]
Pharmaceutical company employee admits prescription fraud scheme – NJ.com
NEWARK -- A 39-year-old South Jersey woman who worked for a pharmaceutical company admitted her role in a multi-pronged scheme that cost her employer nearly a $1 million. Julie Andresen, of Haddonfield, pleaded guilty to one [...]
Haddonfield Woman Admits Filling Unneccessary Prescriptions … – Patch.com
HADDONFIELD, NJ — A former pharmaceutical company employee from Haddonfield has admitted to accepting thousands of dollars in exchange for filling medically unnecessary prescriptions for compounded medications for herself and her husband, U.S. Attorney Paul [...]
Orange County dispatcher suspended after charges filed in prescription drug fraud case – WFTV Orlando
Updated: Feb 27, 2017 - 6:24 PM ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - An Orange County dispatcher was arrested last week after a nearly yearlong investigation into an alleged scheme to illegally acquire prescription painkillers. Jojilda Disla, [...]
Prescription fraud charges amended against Coke, 11 felony charges added – The Marshall Democrat-News
A trial setting in the case of a Marshall woman charged with 134 counts of fraudulently attempting to obtain a controlled substance was reset Monday, Feb. 27, after charges were amended by the Saline County [...]
Five Londoners charged with prescription fraud – CTV News
CTV London Published Friday, February 17, 2017 2:27PM EST Last Updated Friday, February 17, 2017 2:30PM EST Five people are facing various charges following a London police investigation into prescription fraud across the city. On [...]