Ex Irvine doctor gets 12 years in prison for illegally distributing more than 120,000 opioids

Monday, June 12, 2023
IRVINE, Calif. (KABC) -- A former Irvine doctor has been sentenced for illegally distributing more than 120,000 opioids to patients.

Dzung Pham will spend more than 12 years in prison for the illegal drug sales.
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He was also fined $35,000.

Pham pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to illegally prescribe opioid pills over a six-year span in exchange for cash and insurance payments.
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Prosecutors say five people who received prescriptions from Pham died of overdoses.
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