The DailyKos chastised Representative Henry Waxman for wasting time (and taxpayer money) investigating anabolic steroids in baseball. Since Congress is having a difficult time determining our nation’s priorities, Kos offered a list of “100 things Congress could do that matter more than steroids in baseball.” This could have have just as easily been a list […]
Steroid News
Targets of the Federal Steroid Investigation in Texas
Federal authorities have shifted significant resources to investigation of steroid trafficking within the United States and internationally. Given the prevalence of steroid use in professional bodybuilding, many observers felt it was only a matter of time before the federal investigations reached the sport of bodybuilding. When David Jacobs was arrested in May 2007 on steroid […]
Bodybuilder Hidetada Yamagishi Returns to Japan After Revocation of Travel Visa
IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Hidetada Yamagishi recently had all felony steroid possession and distribution charges against him dismissed; he pleaded guilty to only a misdemeanor count of possession of Viagra without a prescription. Nonetheless, this was enough to result in the revocation of his O-1 travel visa granted to foreign athletes who have extraordinary ability and […]
UGL TexStar Labs and Phalco Labs Plead Guilty to Steroid Distribution
Kenneth Herbert, one of the principals behind the anabolic steroid underground labs TexStar Labs, Phalco Labs and Nassau Pharmaceuticals, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute anabolic steroids and has agreed to cooperate with federal authorities. In exchange, prosecutors will drop 28 other counts listed in the federal […]
Steroid Dealer Gets Probation for Helping Feds Catch Steroid Users
Kirk Radomski, steroid dealer to professional baseball players, avoided jail time when he received 5 years probation. He pleaded guilty to distributing anabolic steroids and money laundering charges in a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. He cooperated closely with federal prosecutors, particularly with investigators involved with the Mitchell Report, in naming almost 30 current and […]
NPC Bodybuilder Joseph Mobareki Arrested on Steroid Distribution Charges
NPC bodybuilder Joseph Mobareki was arrested by investigators from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department after they discovered vial(s) of anabolic steroids in his car after he was pulled over for speeding. This led to a search warrant for his house and a storage facility. Police discovered 30,000 pills and 100 vials of anabolic steroids. Police […]
Pro Bodybuilder Art Atwood Responds to New York Times Allegations
IFBB professional bodybuilder Art Atwood has refuted several of the allegations made by journalist Michael Brick of the New York Times during the Times’ coverage of the federal steroid investigations down in Texas. A black Hummer pulled into the Hooters parking lot as dusk fell. Arthur Dale Atwood, a professional bodybuilder with a 61-inch chest, […]
Bodybuilder Erik Fromm Cause of Death Unknown
NPC bodybuilder Erik Fromm was found dead in home; he was 36 years old. The cause of death is under investigation by the Hennepin County (Minnesota) Medical Examiner’s Office. Police do not suspect foul play. Erik From was planning to marry his fiancee, Micah Brown, on August 18, 2008 at Fromm’s ancestral home in Scotland. […]
Film Producer Denies Any Mafia Involvement in Lowens Pharmacy Steroid Case
Film producer Julius Nasso denies any mafia involvement in Lowen’s Pharmacy, its compounding business or its large scale distribution of anabolic steroids and growth hormone. Julius Nasso was a long-time friend and former business partner of the principal owner and pharmacist John Rossi, who apparently committed suicide last month. While Nasso still owns the building where […]
Bodybuilding Cosmetic Surgeon Bruce Nadler Dead in Murder-Suicide
The Los Angeles Police Department discovered former bodybuilding cosmetic surgeon Bruce Nadler, MD and his wife dead as the result of gunshot wounds on Monday, February 4, 2008. Authorities believe it is an apparent murder-suicide perpetrated by Bruce Nadler. Bruce Nadler called himself the “world’s strongest plastic surgeon.” He was probably the best known cosmetic […]