Wednesday, April 15, 2015

United Kingdom: Criminal Gang Jailed for £10 million Fake Viagra Scheme

19:05, April 15, 2015

Members of an organized criminal group that made at least 10 million (US$ 14.7million) from selling fake Viagra have been jailed.

The gang sold counterfeit pills for erectile dysfunction, along with other fake medications, through front companies claiming to be cosmetic, jewelry and fishing tackle mail-order businesses. The day-to-day operations took place in the counties of Sussex and Lincolnshire between 2004 and 2011.

The scam netted as much as 60,000 (US$ 80,000) per week for the group in 2011, according tothe Guardian. The illicit earnings were then laundered through more than 100 bank accounts throughout the United Kingdom and elsewhere.

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