A former pharmacy technician who labored in Humboldt Park was sentenced to 5 years in jail for stealing and promoting opioids for revenue over two years.
Elizabeth Cruz, 35, pleaded responsible to at least one depend of conspiracy to own a managed substance with intent to ship, in accordance with an announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois. Her co-defendant, Jacqueline Green was sentenced to a yr and in the future in jail in July.
They conspired to steal 56,108 capsules of hydrocodone between October 2015 and December 2017 once they labored at Allcare Discount Pharmacy, 2750 W. North Ave., prosecutors stated.
The pair falsified the pharmacy’s stock to make it appear to be capsules had been both distributed to sufferers or had by no means been obtained from the distributor, prosecutors stated. They then offered them exterior of the pharmacy for a revenue of about $10,800.
“When trusted pharmacy employees illegally divert powerful and addictive pain medications for misuse, they put individuals and their families at increased risk of drug dependence and overdose,” Special Agent Robert J. Bell stated within the assertion. “This strong prison sentence is recognition of the seriousness of the opioid crisis.”
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