THE OPPORTUNIST SEASON TWO IS AVAILABLE NOW!

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🗓️ 15 June 2021

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Robert Courtney was an upstanding Kansas City pharmacist and family man who was deeply devoted to his church. Courtney owned and operated two pharmacies and was perceived as an innovative businessman. His wealth was apparent to people in Kansas City in the 90's- he lived in a $700,000 home and collected sports cars. It all came crashing down in 2001 when an oncologist discovered that Courtney had been diluting chemotherapy medications. She tipped off the FBI and the Courtney investigation became the FBI's number one priority in 2001 up until 9/11. Courtney claimed that he started diluting the medication to pay a $600,000 IRS bill and to honor his pledge of $1 million to his church. But his greed, and the fact that he got away with it, led him to dilute more and more medications. In the end, over 98,000 prescriptions were diluted, over 4,000 patients were affected and almost 200 people died as a result. One of the most shocking aspects of this whole story is that it took 10 years for Courtney to get caught and if it weren't for one woman, he would still be working as a pharmacist today. How is that possible? We explore that question along with the even scarier question: Could this happen again? Listen today at: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-opportunist/id1551162705 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	He was a church deacon, a family man, and a pharmacist trusted by his community.
0:05.9	So what led Robert Courtney down the path so cruel and destructive that when the FBI first
0:10.0	heard the allegations against him, most assumed there'd been a mistake.
0:14.0	Season two of the opportunist fell as a Kansas City pharmacist whose life and career was
0:17.7	shrouded in secrecy.
0:19.4	When the truth of his actions came to light, hundreds of lives had been lost and thousands
0:23.2	more affected.
0:24.2	For years, pharmacists were ranked among the most trusted professions.
0:27.9	Change when Robert Courtney took advantage of that trust and became the FBI's top priority.
0:32.9	Through in-depth interviews with those closest to the case, the opportunist invites the
0:36.7	listener along on a hair-raising journey, unirthing the biggest FBI investigation you've never
0:41.5	heard of.
0:42.5	Perhaps the scariest thing about Robert Courtney is that he almost got away with his crimes,
0:46.6	which leads us to ask, could something like this happen again?
0:49.5	Be sure to subscribe to Cast Media's podcast The Opportunist on Apple Podcast or where
0:53.9	you like to listen.
0:59.1	This episode contains disturbing content, including conversations about cancer, listener discretion
1:04.6	advised.
1:12.3	In September of 1999, Dr. Verda Hunter moved her private oncology practice into an office
1:18.2	space on the ground floor of the Research Medical Center.
1:22.9	A high percentage of her patients suffered from ovarian cancer and often underwent chemotherapy
1:28.5	treatment.
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