The United Airlines passenger who was removed from an overbooked plane is a doctor from Kentucky with a sordid past.
Dr. David Dao was charged with 98 felony drug counts for illegally prescribing and trafficking painkillers in 2005.
Video footage of the Vietnamese-born grandfather’s ejection has caused an uproar with people on social media claiming officers were heavy-handed in taking the senior from the flight.
Dao was also convicted on 6 felony counts of obtaining drugs by deceit and fraud in 2005.
Dr. Dao was also convicted for writing prescriptions checks to a patient in exchange for sex.
The board stated: ‘During the initial evaluation, the licensee performed a complete physical examination, including a genital examination, for Patient A who had been referred for collapsed lungs and chest pain.’
The board’s finding went on: ‘Shortly after his first appointment, the licensee made Patient A his office manager; according to Patient A, he quit that job because of inappropriate remarks made by the licensee.
‘After he quit, the licensee pursued him aggressively, finally arranging to provide controlled substance prescriptions to him in exchange for sexual acts.
‘This continued for some time, with Patient A and the licensee meeting at hotel rooms and some of these meetings were recorded.
‘At some point, the licensee began splitting some of the prescriptions with Patient A and gave Patient A money to fill the prescriptions.
‘The licensee also assisted Patient A to fill the controlled substances prescriptions in a variety of names of other persons.
‘Police were able to identify approximately 33 fraudulent prescriptions as part of their investigation with Patient A’s assistance.
‘The police were able to put together a sufficient case to arrest the licensee and bring charges against him in two counties.’
In February 2005, Dr. Dao surrendered his license to practice medicine in Kentucky.
In 2015 the medical officials lifted the suspension and allowed him to practice medicine with restrictions.
His wife, Teresa Dao, who trained at Ho Chi Minh University in Saigon, is a pediatrician in Elizabethtown, according to the Daily Mail.
