Ex-Cedar Rapids Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Diverting Drugs For Personal Use

(Cedar Rapids, IA) A former Cedar Rapids pharmacist is pleading guilty to federal charges for diverting controlled substances for his personal use.  Thirty-five-year-old Brandon Iacobo of La Crosse, Wisconsin, admitted to diverting hundreds of drugs from January through November 2020 while he was the pharmacist-in-charge.  Prosecutors say Iacobo falsified controlled substance cycle counts in the pharmacy’s inventory and shorted customers’ tablets from their prescriptions.  In 2016, a California administrative law judge determined that “Iacobo lacked continued ability to perform the duties of a licensed pharmacist” and found his pharmacy license should be revoked.