South Mississippi nurse practitioner arrested for drug fraud and theft
A South Mississippi nurse practitioner has been arrested for prescription drug fraud and theft.
The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics began investigating 46-year-old nurse practitioner Leslie Wilbourne.
Wilbourne was practicing at Maxem Health Urgent Care in Gulfport and Pascagoula.
She was reportedly prescribing Ambien to her adult children, mother, father, and friends and would then pick up the prescriptions for her personal use.
Agents determined that Wilbourne has picked up over 146 prescriptions of Ambien, each containing 30 dosage units of 10 milligrams over the last three years.
On July 8th, Wilbourne surrendered her Drug Enforcement Administration registration to prescribe controlled substances and was arrested.
Wilbourne was charged with obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and theft.
