| Online Viagra Peddlers
Date: April 21, 2006
Two men, Akhil Bansal and Fred Mullinix, were convicted of worldwide drug peddling, allegedly using the internet to thousands of people.
They were taken through seven-day trail before convicted by the federal jury. Prosecutors said that Bansal, a Temple University graduate student, and his physician father, Brij Bhushan Bansal, currently in custody in India, headed the network. In the internet order forms were filled for millions of pills by more than 4,500 buyers through 20 Web sites, one of which was operated by Mullinix, officials said. Mullinix's attorney, Steven Laver, said he planned to appeal. Seventeen people, including Brij Bansal and his family were charged with selling prescription drugs to American buyers through online pharmacy sites. Authorities said the Bansals allegedly obtained the drugs in India and supplied to the United States, where they were redistributed. Viagra, the erectile dysfunction drug was among the most popular in the scheme.
"This case shows us how the Internet has opened the door to an unregulated universe from which anyone with access to a computer can purchase just about anything," U.S. Attorney Patrick Meehan said. "It's a dangerous way to bypass the safeguards that are in place to protect the public." Online drug peddling is also a good way to avoid prescription taxes and cut profit to the drug manufacturers.
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