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In The News

(April, 2026)

Fentanyl Free America Summit/CADCA Partnership

(April, 2026)

Fentanyl Pre-Cursor Chemical Awareness

Pharmacy Enforcement Cases

(January 22, 2026)

El Paso Doctor Enters $200,000 Settlement Following State and Federal Fraud Allegations

(January 20, 2026)

Portland Veterinarian Sentenced for Diverting Controlled Substances for Personal Use

(December 3, 2025)

Southern New Mexico Medical Spa Operator Settles Allegations of Controlled-Substance Recordkeeping Violations

(November 19, 2025)

Digital Health Company Cofounder/CEO and Clinical President Convicted in $100M Adderall Distribution and Health Care Fraud Scheme

(September 30, 2024)

U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against 18 Defendants In Scheme to Manufacture and Distribute Millions of Deadly Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals Through Fake Online Pharmacies

(September 11, 2025)

Clay County Pharmacy Investigation and Prosecution Ends in Guilty Pleas

(August 7, 2025)

Putnam County Veterinarian Ordered to Pay $956,709 in Civil Penalties

(July 14, 2025)

Attorney General Mayes Announces Conviction of Tucson Psychiatrist for Sexual Assault, Sexual Abuse, and Fraud

(July 9, 2025)

Gastonia Pharmacist Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone

(July 1, 2025)

UW Medicine Resident Physician at Seattle Children’s Hospital Charged for Diverting Fentanyl

(June 30, 2025)

2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown

(May 6, 2025)

Franklin, Kentucky Pharmacist and Spouse Sentenced to Federal Prison

(March 24, 2024)

Three Convicted for Fraudulently Billing Over $8 Million to Medicare and Medicaid Through Opioid Addiction Treatment Clinics in Kentucky

(March 19, 2025)

California Couple Sentenced to Prison for Mail Order Drug Trafficking

(March 14, 2025)

Doctor Sentenced for Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering

(February 12, 2025)

Florence Doctor Sentenced for Distributing Oxycodone in "Sex for Scripts" Scheme

What's New

(September 09, 2026)

Diversion Chatbot—Beta Release

(August 28, 2026)

Leila Kump, M.D.; Decision and Order (PDF)

(August 28, 2026)

Atlantic Treatment Center, LLC; Decision and Order (PDF)

(August 28, 2026)

Thomas Earley, D.D.S.; Decision and Order (PDF)

(August 27, 2026)

Temporary Placement of 5,6-Dichloro Brorphine, 5,6-Dichloro Desmethylchlorphine, N-Propionitrile Chlorphine, and Spirochlorphine in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (PDF)

(August 27, 2026)

Interim Final Rule: Placement of Cipepofol in Schedule IV (PDF)

(August 26, 2026)

Curia New York Inc. (PDF)