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A former Kansas City nurse, Brooke Haller, 41, has lost her nursing license and is banned for life from working at hospitals that receive federal funding after forging prescriptions for Percocet and Oxycodone. Haller, who worked as a registered nurse at a Kansas City, Kansas hospital, used a coworker’s prescription pad and DEA number to write fake prescriptions for herself and her relatives. The scheme began in March 2024 and continued until an investigation was launched in October 2024, after a pharmacy questioned the validity of one of the prescriptions.
Haller’s scheme involved using the nurse practitioner’s DEA number to write prescriptions for Percocet and Oxycodone, which she then filled at pharmacies in Kansas and Missouri. When a pharmacy called the hospital to inquire about one of the prescriptions, Haller tried to cover her tracks by calling the hospital and pretending to be from the pharmacy, using vocal disguises and spoofing the pharmacy’s phone number.
However, the hospital staff recognized Haller’s voice, and an investigation was launched. Haller eventually admitted to DEA investigators that she had written 13 fake prescriptions, obtaining 90 Percocet tablets and 1,890 Oxycodone tablets from pharmacies in Kansas and Missouri.
The outcome of the investigation resulted in Haller pleading guilty to one count of possession of a controlled substance by deception and subterfuge. U.S. Attorney Ryan A. Kriegshauser stated that the case highlights the problem of healthcare workers gaining unauthorized access to prescription narcotics.
📋 Key Facts
- Crime: White Collar Crime
- Defendant: Kansas
- Location: KS
- Source: DOJ Press Release
