What Happened
Yutong Zhang, a physician from Berwyn, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in January 2023 to two years in prison and three years of supervised release for operating a pain management practice in St. Davids as a pill mill. He had pleaded guilty in February 2022 to four counts of distributing oxycodone-containing medications outside the usual course of professional practice. The release states that from about 2016 through 2020 he sold prescriptions for oxycodone and other controlled substances to about 120 cash-paying customers. In a civil settlement he agreed to pay $715,000 in penalties and to never prescribe controlled substances again.
“Yutong Zhang, 64, of Berwyn, PA, a physician, was sentenced to two years in prison, and three years of supervised release”
Related Guidance
- 15 Red Flags of Drug Diversion — Behavioral and transactional indicators of diversion.
- Investigation Playbook — How to investigate suspected diversion inside an organization.