E-commerce report: pharmacies endorse crackdown on fraud
When the dot-com bubble burst five years ago, hundreds of would-be Internet kingpins exited the industry in shame. But at least they were not wearing handcuffs. The same cannot be said for the online merchants caught in the latest bust – this one of a swindle, not a bubble. Late last month, federal drug investigators shut down 4,600 illegal Internet pharmacy sites and arrested 18 people who ran them from locations across the United States.
By Bob Tedeschi
October 24, 2005