A judge dismissed the criminal indictments against the principals in the Signature Pharmacy steroid distribution case citing the incompetence of Albany County District Attorney David Soares. Soares is the lead prosecutor for a small county in New York who had taken it upon himself to spend possibly millions of dollars of Albany residents taxpayer money to […]
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Alfred Scarpa Pleads Guilty in Operation Raw Deal Steroid Case
The man that law enforcement officials identified as running a “steroid factory” in his basement has pleaded guilty to to possession with intent to distribute anabolic steroids and unlawful possession of firearms by a convicted felon. He sourced steroids over the Internet using email accounts in the names of gearhustle@cyber-rights.net and gearhustle@safe-mail.net (“Sayreville man admits […]
Anabolic Steroids Proximate Cause of Assault by Jersey City Police Officers
Mathias Bolton was wrongly attacked and beat in his residence by at least two police officers. He blames anabolic steroids for causing one of the officers to attack him in a lawsuit filed last week; no explanation was provided explaining why the other officer(s) attacked him (“Cop “shot up” before attacking: Claims ‘roids fueled beating on […]
Planet Pharmacy Case – Government Protects Americans from Cheap Generic Medications
Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals President and CEO Jared R. Wheat, Vice President Stephen D. Smith, co-founder Tomasz Holda and Sales Associate Sergio Oliveira pleaded guilty last week to one count of conspiracy i.e “conspiring to violate federal prohibitions against mail and wire fraud and the importation and distribution of adulterated, unapproved, and mislabeled drugs.” The defendants admitted to […]
Gymvet – Internet Steroid Source Busted in Kentucky
The Owensboro Police Department in Kentucky seized 150 vials of anabolic steroids when they busted Charles Jowers on August 21, 2008. They also seized $200,000 cash along with a car and motorcycle. He has been alleged to have sold steroids on various bodybuilding forums under the following handles – “HCP,” “QGL Rep,” “Gymvet,” “The Champ,” and […]
Infinite Number of Undetectable Designer Steroids with Combinatorial Chemistry
Researcher Jason Thomas, a graduate student in the doctoral program for synthetic organic chemistry at City University in New York, takes us inside the mind of a designer steroid chemist in an interview with Culturekiosque. Thomas describes a powerful tool that has the potential to create an infinite number of undetectable, designer anabolic steroids. Once steroid […]
How Operation Raw Deal Affected Australian Steroid Busts
Operation Raw Deal was the largest steroid law enforcement action in the history of the United States; it resulted in steroid busts involving 56 underground labs including Texstar Labs, Phalco Labs, Powerline Labs, Superior Labs, Medline Pharmaceuticals and Pacific Rim Labs. The steroid busts had a significant impact on underground steroid labs in the United States. But the […]
Officer on Testosterone Replacement Therapy Challenges NYPD Drug-Use Policy
New York Police Department (NYPD) Deputy Chief Michael Marino refused to accept departmental punishment that would dock him 30 days pay and place him on one year probation (“Steroid Cop will fight the rap,” August 15). Marino was on testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) for which he obtained a topical testosterone cream from a Lowen’s Pharmacy. Unfortunately, […]
Steroid Witch-Hunt Finds Bodies at Revolution Medical Center
An investigative report claims that anabolic steroids may have caused the deaths of three clients of a Phoenix-based longevity clinic in the past year. The ABC affiliate in Phoenix reports that Brian Stubstad, Aaron Atchley and Filip Petrovic purchased anabolic steroids including testosterone, Anadrol and trenbolone from the Revolution Medical Center clinic. Doctors and investigators are trying to prove that the steroid […]
Anti-Doping Laboratory Equipment is Big Business at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
The China Anti-Doping Agency (CADA) spent approximately $10 million dollars and six years to create a new state of the art laboratory specifically for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Roughly one quarter of that budget ($2.7 million) was used to purchase 60-80 various laboratory testing instruments. The primary beneficiaries of these purchases were the analytical […]