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2026 26th Annual Drug Diversion School

Our annual NADDI Drug Diversion School is in partnership with the Virginia State Police and is the perfect training event designed for the newly assigned investigator working in the areas of law enforcement, state regulatory, healthcare safety and compliance, pharmaceutical industry,...

 06-08-2026 08:00 - 06-10-2026 17:00 ET
 Virginia Beach VA

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Seven Arrested for Conspiring with Annandale-Based Doctor, and Others, for Distributing Oxycodone and Promethazine-Codeine Solution

Those Arrested Conspired with Doctors to Distribute Pills, “Lean” and Tussionex ABINGDON, Va. – Seven people who conspired with doctors, including an Annandale-based doctor convicted of distributing more than 7,000 oxycodone pills, 34,000 milliliters of hydrocodone-chlorpheniramine...

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VA: Convicted opioid pill mill doctor must forfeit property and pay restitution

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – An Oakton doctor who was sentenced to 13 years in prison for his prescribing of opioids and amphetamines has been ordered to forfeit a $168,000 money judgement and two real properties and to pay restitution of $169,244 to compensate three victims for their losses. According...

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KY: Major Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Supplier Sentenced to 145 Months

Andora Smith Conspired with Others to Traffic Drugs From Kentucky into Southwest Virginia ABINGDON, Va. – A major supplier of methamphetamine and fentanyl, who conspired with others to traffic over 20 kilograms of methamphetamine and fentanyl into Southwest Virginia, was sentenced...

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VA: Former Chief Operating Officer of Pain Care Centers Sentenced

Jennifer Adams To Serve 36 Months for Concealing Fraud and Drug Conspiracies ROANOKE, Va. –The former chief operating officer and practice manager of several southwest Virginia pain clinics was sentenced yesterday to 36 months in federal prison for her role in healthcare fraud and drug...

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Doctor at L5 Pain Clinic Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison, Ordered to Pay $35,000 Fine and $200,000 in Forfeiture

Duane Dixon Worked at Clinics in Lynchburg, Madison Heights, and Christiansburg ROANOKE, Va. – A former doctor, who concealed health care fraud and prescribed highly-addictive opioid painkillers to at-risk patients at pain clinics in Central and Southwest Virginia, was sentenced yesterday...

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Jury Finds Physician Guilty of Operating a Pill Mill from His D.C. Medical Practice

Ndubuisi Joseph Okafor, M.D., 65, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was found guilty today by a federal jury in U.S. District Court in connection with illegally distributing prescriptions for narcotics in exchange for cash from his Northwest Washington D.C. medical clinic. The verdict...

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New FDA rules change drug policy for rescue units

If you’ve ever called an ambulance to your house, you know they keep a kit full of medications and anything they need with them so they’re ready to respond to any crisis. Fire and rescue departments across Virginia, though, are having to make changes to the way they store and transport those...

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Oakton doctor pleads guilty to running pill mill

An Oakton doctor pled guilty today to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and amphetamines, maintaining drug premises, and false statements relating to health care matters. According to court documents, David Allingham, 64, was the owner of and sole medically licensed practitioner at Oakton...

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Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to Imprisonment for Health Care Fraud

Randy Yost Caused $1.3 Million Loss to U.S. Government Through Fraud The owner of Randy’s Gateway Drug in Cedar Bluff, Virginia, was sentenced recently to 18 months in prison on federal healthcare fraud charges after pleading guilty in May for conduct that caused $1.3 million in losses to the...