Bodybuilder/Lawyer/UGL Owner Sentenced

[Eman]

Turlock attorney sentenced for importing steroids from China
BY ROSALIO AHUMADA
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017 4:10 PM

A judge on Wednesday sentenced a Turlock attorney and professional body builder to nine months in federal prison for importing raw anabolic steroids from China.

Erik Harald Moje, 40, on Feb. 6 pleaded guilty to unlawfully importing anabolic steroids. U.S. District Judge Dale Drozd also sentenced Moje to serve two years of supervised release once he's completed his prison time, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Sacramento reported.

Anabolic steroids cannot be possessed in this country without a prescription, and it's illegal to import them.

From Dec. 1, 2013, through Sept. 1, 2015, Moje unlawfully purchased and obtained anabolic steroids from a supplier in China. Federal prosecutors said encrypted emails documented shipments of the steroids and indicate that the purchase money would be deposited into the Moje's law office's bank account.

The drug shipments were routed through a New York mail-forwarding service and other mailing addresses throughout the country, according to prosecutors.. In May 2015, federal agents intercepted a parcel containing one kilogram of steroids, which equates to 40,000 dosage units.

In September 2015, the agents served a search warrant at Moje’s Turlock home. Behind a false garage wall, the agents found 538 10‑milliliter vials containing liquid anabolic steroids, which equates to 10,760 dosage units, and 17,700 steroid capsules, according to prosecutors.

As part of Moje's sentencing, the judge ordered the forfeiture of Moje’s home, $29,925 in cash found at the home, a 2011 BMW 750Li sedan and 11 guns.


http://www.modbee.com/news/local/crime/article173140471.html (Turlock attorney sentenced for importing steroids from China)

 

[Eman]

Another article, delves more into specifics. I'm not sure if the picture is just a generic one or if that's the actual name of Mr. Moje's lab.

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U.S. Attorney & Bodybuilder Guilty Of Importing Steroids

An attorney from Los Angeles has pleaded guilty to importing and possession of anabolic steroids.

Erik Harald Moje, 40, has admitted importing raw steroid hormone powder from China and being in possession of thousands of dosage units of injectable steroid vials and steroid pills. He was busted when investigators found a false wall in his garage and is part of the national steroid crackdown named Operation Cyber Juice.

Before U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd, Moje confirmed to the court he was responsible for importing large quantities of raw hormone powder from Asia. Between Dec. 1, 2013 and September 2015, he illegally imported raw testosterone and steroid powder into the United States from a Chinese steroid supplier.

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) investigators first started looking into Moje and his activities in August 2014. Encrypted emails were subpoenaed and it was seen that he was in contact with a Chinese steroid powder supplier named ‘LEXXER’. Emails then confirmed purchasing details, bank account information and international money transfers were being used to send cash overseas as payment.

According to court documents released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) he routed shipments of steroids through a UPS mail-forwarding service in New York. In May 2015 one of these packs was intercepted. After analysis it contained one kilo of anabolic steroids. That’s not a small amount even in underground lab (UGL) terms.

Surveillance was put on Moje and officers observed him seeing a number of bodybuilders at his residence and not practicing much law. Enough was enough.

DEA agents then raided his home finding a false wall full of anabolic steroids. Found inside the fake wall was: 538 10ml vials of steroids such as, Trenbolone, Sustanon, Testosterone and Winstrol. Steroid tablets totally 17,700 were located including popular steroids Dianabol, Anavar and Anadrol 50.

Officers from U.S. Marshals Service, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Turlock Police Department and the Modesto Police Department all played roles in Moje and his arrest.

As Moje has pleaded guilty to all charges and forfeited his California home, prosecutors have stated they will not seek more than 11 months in jail. Moje faced up to 10 years and a fine of $500,000. His law career is also probably over after his conviction, although he is still a member of the State Bar of CA.

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[Logan44551]

Damn

 

[Millard]

U.S. District Judge Dale Drozd refused to permit Erik Moje his requested medical prescriptions:

1. Testosterone Enanthate for hypogonadism
2. Adderall for ADHD
3. Xanax for panic attacks
4. Gabapentin for neuropathy
5. Montelukast / Zyrtec for asthma
6. Cialis for hyperplasia

Kevin Little, the defense attorney representing Moje, ... argued that home confinement was necessary because Moje would not receive the proper medical care while incarcerated. Little cited multiple medical and psychiatric conditions afflicting Moje requiring prescribed medications and medical procedures that would likely be disrupted while he was in prison. These “prejudicial interruptions in medications” that would face Moje in prison would seriously compromise his health and well-being.

Specifically, Moje required biweekly therapeutic phlebotomies for his polycythemia; testosterone enanthate for his hypogonadism; Adderall for his attention-deficit disorder; Xanax for panic attacks; Gabapentin for neuropathy; Montelukast and Zyrtec for asthma; and Cialis for prostate hyperplasia. The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) medical policy denies prescriptions of Xanax and Cialis under all circumstances. The BOP won’t prescribe Adderall until after 11-months incarceration. It won’t prescribed testosterone for at least 6-months. There were additional restrictions on Moje’s other medications as well.

Federal prosecutors in the Office of U.S. Attorney Phillip Talbert casually dismissed Moje concern about receiving adequate medical care. The feds told the court that Moje’s polycythemia was secondary polycythemia and was caused by his use of anabolic steroids. Prosecutors seemed to imply that Moje’s polycythemia would resolve itself once he was weened off testosterone in prison. Prosecutors also quoted an article they found on the internet that said “athletes on anabolic steroids who develop secondary polycythemia are not candidates for phlebotomy.”

Source: https://www.steroid.com/blog/Bodybu...-Nine-Months-in-Prison-on-Steroid-Charges.php

 

[Eman]

Musclefactorylabs

^ Was this him, Millard?

 

[Eman]

That's gonna be a long 6 months...

"It won’t prescribed testosterone for at least 6-months."

 

[Millard]

Musclefactorylabs

^ Was this him, Millard?

I don't know. I haven't been able to confirm anything.

 

[Eman]

^ This is crazy! ^

 

[Eman]

I don't know. I haven't been able to confirm anything.

I think it might have just been a filler... I reverse searched the image and it pops up on other, seemingly unrelated, websites. Although, I can't read the other webpages the pic is on since it's Italian.

 

[Rockclimber]

More money in gear than law? Surprising.

 

[master.on]

Another article, delves more into specifics. I'm not sure if the picture is just a generic one or if that's the actual name of Mr. Moje's lab.

______________________________________

U.S. Attorney & Bodybuilder Guilty Of Importing Steroids

An attorney from Los Angeles has pleaded guilty to importing and possession of anabolic steroids.

Erik Harald Moje, 40, has admitted importing raw steroid hormone powder from China and being in possession of thousands of dosage units of injectable steroid vials and steroid pills. He was busted when investigators found a false wall in his garage and is part of the national steroid crackdown named Operation Cyber Juice.

Before U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd, Moje confirmed to the court he was responsible for importing large quantities of raw hormone powder from Asia. Between Dec. 1, 2013 and September 2015, he illegally imported raw testosterone and steroid powder into the United States from a Chinese steroid supplier.

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) investigators first started looking into Moje and his activities in August 2014. Encrypted emails were subpoenaed and it was seen that he was in contact with a Chinese steroid powder supplier named ‘LEXXER’. Emails then confirmed purchasing details, bank account information and international money transfers were being used to send cash overseas as payment.

According to court documents released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) he routed shipments of steroids through a UPS mail-forwarding service in New York. In May 2015 one of these packs was intercepted. After analysis it contained one kilo of anabolic steroids. That’s not a small amount even in underground lab (UGL) terms.

Surveillance was put on Moje and officers observed him seeing a number of bodybuilders at his residence and not practicing much law. Enough was enough.

DEA agents then raided his home finding a false wall full of anabolic steroids. Found inside the fake wall was: 538 10ml vials of steroids such as, Trenbolone, Sustanon, Testosterone and Winstrol. Steroid tablets totally 17,700 were located including popular steroids Dianabol, Anavar and Anadrol 50.

Officers from U.S. Marshals Service, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Turlock Police Department and the Modesto Police Department all played roles in Moje and his arrest.

As Moje has pleaded guilty to all charges and forfeited his California home, prosecutors have stated they will not seek more than 11 months in jail. Moje faced up to 10 years and a fine of $500,000. His law career is also probably over after his conviction, although he is still a member of the State Bar of CA.

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Too many BBers visiting his house?
This flag would come handy

U.S. District Judge Dale Drozd refused to permit Erik Moje his requested medical prescriptions:

1. Testosterone Enanthate for hypogonadism
2. Adderall for ADHD
3. Xanax for panic attacks
4. Gabapentin for neuropathy
5. Montelukast / Zyrtec for asthma
6. Cialis for hyperplasia

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Source: https://www.steroid.com/blog/Bodybu...-Nine-Months-in-Prison-on-Steroid-Charges.php

His attorney is this Kevin Little?

I think it might have just been a filler... I reverse searched the image and it pops up on other, seemingly unrelated, websites. Although, I can't read the other webpages the pic is on since it's Italian.

There's a thing called Google Translate for that

More money in gear than law? Surprising.

The Simpsons is one of my all-time favourite shows (the earlier seasons anyway). One of my favourite underrated characters is Lionel Hutz. He is first and foremost a lawyer, but his character trait is that he is willing to pick up any odd job that comes along, and sometimes even markets services that are not at all related to law. Basically, he will do anything for money. As great as this is for comedic effect, it’s not a great habit to have if you’re an entrepreneur! Who will take Lionel seriously as a lawyer if he is also repairing shoes from his office? ---replace with selling steroids here---- This hurts his brand and reputation, and reduces his ability to call himself an expert. What lessons can entrepreneurs learn from Mr Hutz?

Brand Confusion

Offering a wide range of unrelated products causes brand confusion. Is Hutz an expert attorney, an actor, or a real estate agent? You do not want your customers to be unsure of what it is you do. It is always better to offer something for a specific, niche market than it is to try to please everyone. By trying to serve everyone your message gets diluted and doesn’t speak directly to anyone. This might sound like an extreme example, and it is. However, we often run into business owners who are offering too many products. It’s hard to figure out the relationship between all these products, let alone who they are really trying to sell to. A business exists to serve the needs of their ideal customers, and products that don’t appeal to those ideal customers take away from your brand.

The Quick Cash Trap

Straying from your core business, just because the opportunity comes along, will not pay off. Hutz charges $175 an hour as a lawyer but accepted to be paid $8 and 2 popsicles for an entire night of babysitting. He would have been better off focusing that time on attracting more customers to his core business. It is clearly a lot more profitable for him to stick to law, but the opportunity for quick cash was there, so he took it. Again, this might seem extreme, but many entrepreneurs fall into this pattern. They see a chance to make quick cash so they take it. In the meantime, they are losing the time they could have put into their core business which would be a lot more profitable.

Low-Quality Services

Only do the things that you are obscenely good at. If you stay in business long enough, you will be presented with many opportunities. Some may be profitable, others won’t. What’s important is that you only pursue the ones that you do incredibly well. One of the reasons is that if you don’t do it well, you probably don’t enjoy it. This means that you will quickly get frustrated by offering this. The second is that the quality of this particular product or service will suffer, and customers will assume that everything you offer is of equal quality. Offering a product or service just because you are able to, is not sustainable from a business sense, or a happiness sense. Focus on what truly sets you apart and that you believe you can do better than what’s currently available. Doing it any other way is just a distraction and will keep you from getting to where you want to be. (Note: some of you Simpsons die-hards may argue that Lionel Hutz is a terrible lawyer…but maybe he wouldn’t be if he focused all his efforts on practising law.)

To avoid these pitfalls you need to focus on customers who will value what you have to offer and are willing to pay. Ready to get on the right track? Get your free guide, "Attract (and Keep) more Paying Customers"

http://www.stratigro.ca/blog/post/business-lessons-learned-from-lionel-hutz (Business Lessons Learned from Lionel Hutz - Stratigro)

 

[master.on]

A church pastor and family
now a lawyer

What's left?
A politician to get busted for steroids?

 

[Inquiring Mind]

Damn

First word that came to mind as well. LOL.

 

[FiEnD]

A church pastor and family
now a lawyer

What's left?
A politician to get busted for steroids?

In the words of Nate Diaz... "Everyone is on steroids"