Sweta Patel, the third and final party targeted in the Cellular Nucleonic Advantage steroid investigation, has pleaded guilty to one count of criminal diversion of a prescription medication. A sentence of five years probation is expected as a condition of her plea agreement. She joins founder Benjamin Eugene Bolton and Monday Miller who have previously pleaded guilty to felony steroid charges for their role in CNA. All three parties have avoided prison time (“Another guilty plea in steroids probe,” December 3).
”She made sure the patients got what they wanted; she was basically the go-between for the clients and doctors,” said Albany County Assistant District Attorney Christopher Baynes, head of the office’s financial crimes unit.
The CNA case is part of a multi-state, national steroid distribution investigation targeting compounding pharmacies, like Signature Compouding Pharmacy and Applied Pharmacy Services, and anti-aging and longevity clinics, conducted by David Soares and the Office of the Albany County District Attorney. Information leaked to the press from the investigation has linked top IFBB pro bodybuilders to various anti-aging clinics, including Ronnie Coleman (Cellular Nucleonic Advantage in Sugarland, TX) and Victor Martinez (Anti-Aging Centers in Nanuet, NY); no pro bodybuilder has been targeted for prosecution as part of David Soares’ investigationSteroid sting has BALCO ties,” March 2, 2007).
It may shock no one to learn that two world champion bodybuilders may have been using steroids or growth hormone, but two giants of that well-muscled world were among the athletes who received drugs in a shady Internet pharmacy operation, sources have told the Daily News. Eight-time Mr.Universe Ronnie Coleman, a former BALCO client, and top Mr.Universe contestant Victor Martinez were among the many clients in an ongoing, multistate investigation that led to the raids on several pharmacies in Florida this week, a source said. But like the other athletes whose names have been leaked, Coleman and Martinez are not targets.”
Douglas Kalman describes Cellular Nucleonic Advantage’s consultation services, that were frequently advertised in bodybuilding magazines, in an article appearing on T-Nation.com.
Knowing that most people these days want to look and feel better has led to the creation of a company named. CNA is based in Texas and is a medical group that for a one-time consultation fee of $50.00 will run a bunch of tests to see if they can prescribe and supply you with any of the following medications: HGH (Saizen), stanozolol, anavar (oxandrolone), Testosterone enanthate/cypionate/propionate/suspension, deca durabolin, HcG, lasix, fluoxymesterone, clomid, tamoxifen, Arimidex, Teslac, Synthroid, Cytomel, L-carnitine (30cc) as well as supply you with syringes and other gear needed for use of the medicinals.
CNA asks you to fill out a health questionnaire and to fill out a medical questionnaire as well as supplying them with basic blood work. Do this and they’ll supposedly supply you with a medically supervised “health enhancement” program. Call 1-877-211-0101 to get the paperwork. This just may take the fear out of getting fakes or getting ripped off by your local “phys”.
Eugene Bolton and Monday Miller, the other two principal players at Cellular Nucleonic Advantage, pleaded guilty early on in the Signature Pharmacy investigation. They both agreed to testify against Signature Pharmacy in order to avoid prison time (“2 plead guilty in steroids case,” April 21, 2007).
Eugene Bolton, 40, and Monday Miller, 38, both described in court how they took telephone orders for prescription drugs from customers who had never been examined by doctors. The prescriptions, which they filled out, were then faxed to physicians who would sign them and send them back without ever examining the “patients.” […] Bolton and Miller declined comment as they left court. They each pleaded guilty to a felony drug charge but have agreed to cooperate with authorities, including testifying at trials, in exchange for deals that would keep them out of prison.
Eugene Bolton has previously encountered steroid-related legal problems when Jens Ingenohl and Michael Bodingbauer, the authors of World Anabolic Review 1996, successfully sued Bolton for $25,000 for publishing unauthorized copies of the underground steroid manual.
CNA’s Eugene Bolton and Monday Miller are two star witnessess in David Soares’ case against Signature Pharmacy. Bolton wore a wire to a meeting with the owners of Signature Pharmacy and one of the physicians working with them which was under surveillance by investigators (“Pharmacy-record seal holds,” April 21, 2007)
…Cellular Nucleonic Advantage, took orders and faxed them to doctors who were paid $50 for each prescription they signed without ever examining patients.
Bolton said he attended a meeting in Orlando with Godfrey and Signature’s operators as part of his cooperation with law-enforcement agencies.
Bolton testified that he dined with Calvert and Godfrey in Orlando and set up a deal for Godfrey to sign prescriptions funneled to Signature from Bolton’s so-called “wellness center.”
“It was on a handshake,” Bolton said, adding they did not sign any contracts.
During the meeting, which agents monitored, Bolton said he gave Godfrey $1,750 in cash for prescriptions she had signed. He gave her another $200 as an advance for prescriptions yet to be filled, authorities said.
Albany County Court Judge Stephen W. Herrick dismissed the criminal indictments against the principals in the Signature Pharmacy steroid distribution case citing the incompetence of Albany County District Attorney David Soares. The district attorney’s office is appealing the decision.
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Millard writes about anabolic steroids and performance enhancing drugs and their use and impact in sport and society. He discusses the medical and non-medical uses of anabolic-androgenic steroids while advocating a harm reduction approach to steroid education.
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