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.