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Perscription Fraud

Friday, March 9, 2012

Milwaukee Man Busted for Stolen Oxycodone and Valium

He used a hand-written prescription pad at five locations across Southeastern Wisconsin.

A 40-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested after stealing hundreds of tablets of Oxycodone and Valium from pharmacies all over southeastern Wisconsin, even though he couldn't spell Valium right on the prescription pad. The heist was over Feb. 18 when Fox Point police received a call from a Walgreens employee who alerted police to the fraudulent prescription the man brought in for Oxycodone and Valium. According to the report: The Walgreens employee received an email earlier that morning warning of a man in the area using a fraudulent prescription with the name “Audry” on it. He was telling pharmacists the prescription was for his sister who had cancer. The prescription was for 360 Oxycodone and 60 Valium pills. The pharmacist told officers …

Born Free

8:50 pm on Sunday, March 11, 2012

""STOP ADVERTISING DRUGS ON TELEVISION"" ???? Cigarettes aren't advertised on TV or radio in the U.S. but that is obviously not working. Illegal drugs aren't advertised on TV or radio but that's not working. People need to take responibility for their choices. Thats' what will work.   more ›

Friday, October 28, 2011

Bayside Woman Charged With Prescription Fraud

Woman, 36, wrote a fake prescription for Vicodin while working at a medical clinic in Glendale.

A 36-year-old Bayside woman is facing felony charges after she was caught filling a fake prescription for Vicodin at the CVS Pharmacy in Fox Point. Kimberly Dawn Smith was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Thursday with one count of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. If convicted, she faces up to six years in prison and $10,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: Smith obtained the fake prescription while working for a Wheaton Franciscan Health Group medical clinic in Glendale and took it to the pharmacy to get 40 Vicodin pills. An internal investigation by the medical group discovered the fraud and alerted Glendale police. She was located and arrested during a traffic stop where she had Hydrocodone pills and …

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