MOST would-be thieves attempt to cover their hands to avoid leaving incriminating fingerprints.
However, for one pharmacist-turned bandit keeping his hands ungloved is allegedly the key to giving him access to scoring a haul of prescription medicines, from a pharmacy he worked in.
Kansas City-based pharmacist, Benjamin Dandurand, allegedly used his fingerprint to access a medicines safe, removing a quantity of oxycodone hydrochloride, before replacing it with "an alternative liquid substance" on a number of occasions between Jul and Oct 2020, the US Attorney's Office District of Kansas reported.
A Federal Grand Jury indicted Dandurand on four charges earlier this week, including one count of tampering with a consumer product and three counts relating to the possession of tramadol, zolpidem and oxycodone hydrochloride by deception and subterfuge.
The US Food and Drug Administration, and the Drug Enforcement Agency are investigating the allegations against the 34-year-old pharmacist.
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