INTERNET DISTRIBUTOR CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING IN FAKE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS


(HOUSTON, Texas) � The owner of Pacific Orient International Ltd. has been charged in a nine-count indictment with conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods and trafficking in counterfeit pharmaceuticals, United States Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced today.

Kevin Xu, 36, the owner and operator of Orient Pacific International, a corporation located in the Peoples Republic of China, is accused of using the internet to advertise and distribute counterfeit prescription drugs including Plavix, Casodex, Zyprexa, Aricept and Tamiflu for distribution in the United States.

24 August 2007

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