Dr. Dzung Anh Pham and Jennifer Thaoyen Nguyen are due to appear in court in the coming week, where they're expected to plead guilty to conspiring to distribute illegal opioids to multiple individuals.
An Irvine physician agreed in federal court Wednesday to plead guilty to illegally distributing opioids, including some prescribed to a man convicted of running over and killing an off-duty Costa Mesa fire captain riding his bicycle in Mission Viejo.
Dr. Dzung Anh Pham prescribed narcotics to several individuals, including to a man convicted of running over and killing an off-duty Costa Mesa fire captain, prosecutors said. Five of Pham's clients died of overdoses.