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Former DMV-Area Doctor Gets Prison Time For Prescribing Pills Leading To Fatal OD: Officials Former DMV-Area Doctor Gets Prison Time For Prescribing Pills Leading To Fatal OD: Officials
Former Dmv-area Doctor Gets Prison Time For Prescribing Pills Leading To Fatal OD: Officials A Louisiana doctor who used to practice in DC and Falls Church, Virginia, will spend more than a year in jail for illegally distributing oxycodone and hydrocodone to a Fairfax County man who later died of an overdose. Dr. Robert Cao, 39, was sentenced in US District Court for the District of Columbia to 15 months in prison on five felony counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance outside the scope of his professional practice, federal officials announced. According to court documents, Cao, who was licensed to practice medicine in the District of Columbia and Virginia wrote mu…

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Longtime Acupuncturist Accused Of Inappropriately Touching Woman During Treatment In VA Longtime Acupuncturist Accused Of Inappropriately Touching Woman During Treatment In VA
Longtime Acupuncturist Accused Of Inappropriately Touching Woman During Treatment In VA Police say that a 64-year-old acupuncturist working at the Virginia University of Integrative Medicine (VUIM) has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a client. McLean resident Dr. Chang Hee Kim turned himself in at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center this week following an investigation into reports from a woman who alleged he inappropriately touched her during two treatments in July that she later reported, according to the police department. The investigation into the allegation “determined Dr. Kim’s examination was beyond the scope of a medical examination,” officia…

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by Zak Failla