Ex-Tustin Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Prescribing Drugs

Ex-Tustin Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Prescribing Drugs
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LOS ANGELES—A former physician from Orange County was sentenced June 9 to 151 months behind bars for conspiring to illegally prescribe more than 120,000 opioid pills over a six-year span without a legitimate medical purpose in exchange for cash and insurance payments.

Dzung Anh Pham, 61, of Tustin, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton, who also fined him $35,000 and ordered him immediately remanded into custody, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

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