Pattern: Prescription Fraud
Victims: pharmacies, veterinarians, insurance industry who pay for multiple illegal prescriptions inadvertently
Perpetrators: addicts, black market
Locations: pharmacies in drug stores, hospitals, clinics
Times: not a significant variable except in theft series
Tools: forging tools in the case of forged prescriptions
Vehicles/Transportation Routes: individuals will go to various doctors for multiple prescriptions
Stolen Goods: prescription pads may be stolen
Method: forging prescriptions, going to several doctors to get multiple prescriptions (termed “doctor shopping”), and altering prescriptions to increase the quantity
Motive: to obtain drugs
Query Terms: prescription, pharmacy, drug store, forged, signature, pills, narcotics, codeine, methadone, Demerol (meperidine), Percocet, Vicodin, and OxyContin, etc.
Suggestions: track all cases of prescription fraud - do a problem study of this issue in your jurisdiction - it is a billion dollar problem nationally that is seldom addressed.
Resources:
The Problem of Prescription Fraud
A Pharmacist's Guide to Prescription Fraud
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