On June 18, 2020, a grand jury charged Donald Hyungjoon Kim, MD, 53, for distributing opioids and other controlled substances illegally. In 2018, the Oklahoma City DEA District Office began to investigate the prescription writing of Dr. Kim, who practiced in Oklahoma City. The indictment alleges that from July 1, 2015, to October 12, 2018, Dr. Kim committed 154 separate counts of distributing controlled substances—including Schedule II opioids such as oxycodone, oxycontin, and fentanyl, as well as other controlled substances—outside the usual course of professional medical practice and without legitimate medical purpose. The indictment also alleges that his criminal distribution of these drugs resulted in three patient deaths.
