There is a lot of crime within the healthcare system from corporations to individuals. Approximately 10 percent of disciplinary actions taken by state boards of nursing involve criminal convictions. Theft, violation of the Controlled Substances Act, and driving under the influence are the most common crimes. Male nurses and licensed vocational nurses are overrepresented as compared to their proportion in the workforce. Probation and suspension of license are the sanctions most often levied against the perpetrators. Sanctions by the boards for crimes against patients are the most severe. Drug diversion (stealing drugs from a health care facility) is problematic due to the rise of opioid addictions, which is the drug most often diverted. In most cases a health care worker is diverting the drugs to support an addiction or an associate’s addiction. Rarely are drugs diverted and then sold on the black market. At the structural level, there is a significant social problem with Medicare fraud. There is even a website that encourages health care workers to blow the whistle on “long term care and other health care facilities that routinely overcharge or seek reimbursement from government programs for medical services not rendered, drugs not used, beds not slept in and ambulance rides not taken.” A Dallas doctor netted nearly $375 million in the biggest Medicare fraud scheme in history and was arrested in 2017. He could potentially spend the rest of his life in prison. Individuals who report Medicare fraud receive full protection from retaliation and collect up to 30 percent of the fines that the government collects. As a health professional it is likely you will witness crime within the system at some point in your career.