crime
‘This is a warning.’
A man beat a pharmacist in an unprovoked assault, claiming the practitioner had teased him by comparing him to a transgender celebrity A man who had lived in Australia since …
Pharmacist’s fraud ‘unusually sinister,’ says sentencing judge
A pharmacist has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison after she orchestrated a Ponzi scheme which targeted family members and local residents Natalie P. Cochran, a former …
Ice ring ‘right hand man’ appeal allowed
A former pharmacist has had his sentence for trafficking methylamphetamine for a crime syndicate reduced on appeal Queensland’s Supreme Court heard that the former pharmacist appealed his ten-year sentence, handed …
Crime roundup
Porsche-driving offenders use a trolley to smash their way into two Gold Coast pharmacies Police are investigating two break-and-enters at pharmacies at the northern end of the Gold Coast. The …
Cyber security: a growing risk
The health sector continues to lead the way in data security breaches, and experts say pharmacy needs more investment in prevention Given everything else that has occupied our attention over …
World news wrapup: 11 March 2021
Pharmacist’s joke leads to privacy lawsuit; pharmacist keeps vaccinating despite personal losses; registration cancelled after appeal fails Phoenix, Arizona: An Arizona Supreme Court ruling has revived the lawsuit of a …
Pharmacist imprisoned after ordering ‘hit’
A former pharmacist will forfeit guns, ammunition, gold and silver coins seized from places including his pharmacy, and is sentenced for a drug distribution conspiracy The US pharmacist has been …
Busy week for Coomera cops, chemists
Three teenagers have been arrested after they smashed their way into a pharmacy with a shopping trolley in one of two robberies this week Mainstream media report that three young …
World news wrapup: 11 February 2021
Panic in Lebanon as meds fly off the shelves; pharmacist son reunites with father to give him COVID jab; collective agreement to boost wages in West Africa Lebanon: Yahoo News …
Thieves ‘grabbed all the pseudoephedrine’
A pharmacist says he will start locking up the decongestant every night, while staff at another store are rattled by an armed robbery with a syringe The Morning Bulletin has …
World news wrapup: 10 December 2020
Insurance plan means pharmacy owner can’t use his own pharmacy; technician struck off after falsely claiming to be disaster victim; NZ pharmacies under scrutiny over cannabis prices London, England: A …
‘Your fall from grace is complete.’
A Welsh pharmacist has been struck off the register after he altered more than 1,500 scripts in a $137,000 fraud A General Pharmaceutical Committee Fitness to Practise Committee Principal Hearing …