He faces 2 separate charges
1)"The charge of conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit drugs provides a sentence of no greater than five years in prison, three years of supervised release, a fine of $250,000 or twice the gross gain/loss, whichever is greater."
2)"The charge of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances provides a sentence of no greater than 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release, a fine of $500,000 or twice the gross gain or loss, whichever is greater"
Yes there are state and federal laws against the sale of fake drugs. If you intentionally and knowingly sell fake drugs they can also tack on fraud charges. If anything you do crosses state lines they can also charge you federally for the interstate commerce.
Maybe he used his ebook to money launder as well, and none of that was legitimate and all made up?......
I remember the young man. Brash, arrogant, in need of a male role model. 98% of guys aren't as vocal but most of us breaking the law are of the belief that it won't happen to us.
I didn't see this thread in the Underground so I started a new thread where legal news usually goes. Most guys who have been in the Federal system aren't happy when we see someone starting the long, lonely journey that more often than not destroys the families of those involved leaving children without their Fathers and most of the time takes the bread winner out of the home.
If Musclehead and the others indicted own a home it will be seized by our gov't along with any vehicles, jewelry, etc that were bought with proceeds from the conspiracy. Musclehead is now broke. Unless he had a federal attorney on retainer prior to being indicted he will not have money for a private attorney. All bank accounts, retirement accounts, any and all outlets that cash can be stashed and that he is associated with are frozen and will legally become the gov'ts.
The minimum to retain a federal attorney 10 yrs ago was about $50,000. That gets you the bare minimum. He'll show up at your court dates. If you sign the first deal they come with and there are no complications that $50k should do it. If you are planning on going to trial you can expect your legal bill to be a min of $200k. This is in contrast where it will run you, depending on the crime, $2,000 to $5,000 to retain an attorney in state court.
If he doesn't go along with what the US Attorney prosecuting the case has planned he is going to live the entire nightmare. If he has parents or other loved ones that he has helped out financially the gov't will go after them. If he lent his parents money even 1 time to make a mortgage payment its called intermingling funds and his parents home that they have lived for 25 yrs can and will be seized unless he cooperates.
If he rolls over and is able to give the feds enough information about others involved in his offense or has info that may lead to an investigation and eventual indictment of others the gov't is interested in he may have a chance at getting out on bond.
Someone who owns a home or owns property that musclehead can convince to sign over to the gov't may be enough to get out on pretrial supervision instead of him sitting in a county jail or Federal holding. I don't remember if there is a MDC or MCC where the indictment and crime originated out of?
If he mans up and doesn't cooperate with the feds he will sit and won't see the light of day without handcuffs and leg shackles for the foreseeable future.
From the articles I've read musclehead is being accused of being the leader of the conspiracy. This figures in the length of his sentence. As the leader of the conspiracy he will most likely be given an enhancement which separates him from the others involved.
The enhancement will make the offense level of his crime greater. If the original offense level of his crime is say 24, an enhancement for being the leader could make his offense level 26.
If he is of substantial assistance to the gov't in prosecuting others in his conspiracy or others in another crime, he could possibly be given a downward departure from the guidelines knocking time off his sentence. In order for that to happen he will essentially have to ruin the lives of other people.
He's going to do time. That's a fact. His criminal history is the other things that is taken into consideration when figuring the length of his sentence. He is going to be in Criminal Category 0 through 6. 6 being the worst.
The sentencing guidelines pretty much take control out of the hands of Federal Judges.
Once the judge agrees on what his offense level is as well as what criminal category he fits into(US Probation does a pre sentencing investigation to decide the category) the 2 numbers are plugged into the sentencing guidelines chart. You go down the side of the chart until you reach the offense level(his is probably somewhere between 24 and 30). You then go across til you reach his criminal category. The closer you get to category 6 the more time you are gonna do. Lets guess and figure he's been good with one or 2 misdemeanors in the last 15yrs. Maybe he's a criminal category 2. Where the 2 intersect is the amount of time he will be sentenced to. I would guess(its a wild guess this early on) that he is looking at 36 to 48 months. Maybe a little more.
If he was on state probation or this is his second offense for selling gear he could be looking at 6, 7 or even more years. I don't get that impression, though. In steroid cased we've seen over the years guys do between 3 and not more than 5 yrs.
After that, he's going to have 3 yrs of supervised release(probation) to deal with. To say that the experience is a life changing event would be a huge understatement.
You forgot BIG PHARMA LAWYERS they change the whole equation, as bad as it sounds .
No way this guy is getting less than 10 years, not even with a clean criminal record, plea or snitching.
Nice post
@biggerben69 Are you a law student?
It should be easy to tell if he cooperates or not. They use the extra charges to get people to flip like the tax evasion/ money laundering etc. If he tells them he ain't talking they'll throw all the extra charges on the table to change his mind
IMO big pharma lawyers will make sure LE doesn't forget to add the extra charges, or use them as a negotiation tool.
They can add up to 30 to 40 years max
so yes everyone will end up cooperating and snitching on each other.
1 Big pharma shark lawyers don't give a fuck about musclehead320 future.
2 The want to teach a lesson to discourage future counterfeiters.
Big pharma even has people surfing the web 40 hours a week to spot counterfeits
Inside Pfizer's Fight Against Counterfeit Drugs
3 Real Onyx pharma will probably sue for corporate reputation damages and get most of the seized money/goods/property
Probably a year or two maybe less with that 100+ grands he was bragging about from that e book.
Clever way of accepting online payments: Pay $50 for an ebook, receive complimentary vial of steroids for free*.
*Might be considered money laundering under most jurisdictions.
That would explain the 100k in monthly sales.
It makes sense
nobody bought his book, so it was just a money laundering front.
Using the name of a real pharmaceutical company to market the products is a terrible idea. I wouldn't be surprised if the real Onyx just got tired of receiving calls from people about it and decided to track these guys down and rat them out.
Maybe that's how the whole investigation started, from real Onyx pharma calling LE.
Even if he weren't using a big pharma lab's name
he got so much LE attention by himself, that he would probably end up being busted a year later, anyhow.
Was he a cocky arrogant chap? Sure. Does he deserve having his life and his family's life put through years of turmoil over this? Absolutely not! This is where the US govt fails..
Would Tyler be a better father behind bars or free on steroids? Free on steroids. Should he be taxed on his profits etc? Sure. But lock him up, make him unemployable for life? Come on
Lesson: Don't mess with big pharma.
DEA and LE can be mild on you
big pharma won't
I think that was part of it. Onyx is a legit company behind it's parent, Amgen. They don't make steroids from what I can tell. Lots of levels of failure here.
Wow Amgen?
So this is BIG pharma indeed
Fool buyers? Like trying to sell Chevrolet beer or Microsoft pillows? It's a product that doesn't exist. If a buyer thinks it's a real product that's going to have to fall on their shoulders for being a sheep. If I'm mistaken I'll renig but I don't think Onxy makes steroids so a tiny little bit of research would give a perspective buyer the real insight they need.
I don't think fake pharmaceutical is as bad as bad/non-dosed gear. If it's fake pharmaceutical and works I wouldn't care in all honesty. What I would care about is what I'm paying for should reflect the quality and is it safe to inject. But not everyone thinks like me...
Thanks, I had no clue. What a fucking classless fuck.
Or Madison James, you get research chemicals instead of the usual 40 year old milfs pretending to dress up and act like teenagers. LOL
Wow. Many people buy pharma gear by choice, and unfortunately not everyone does their due diligence, as you can see happened to
@fldoms980.
Fake pharma gear is a scam in my opinion, intended only to fool the buyer, with zero care for quality. I've only ever heard of it being shit, but perhaps you've had a better experience? Personally, I'd rather go for a legit UGL with their reputation on the line than a scam artist, but not everyone thinks like me
Most "Bayer Rimobolans" and other big pharma gear are actually counterfeit.
No matter if properly dosed or cleanly made, it doesn't even matter if sent from a "safe" overseas source where gear is legal, selling counterfeits = messing with big pharma.
This thread should be a wake up call for many.
