Counterfeit Drug Sales through the Internet a Growing Problem
Last month a federal grand jury indicted 18 people on charges stemming from fraud to racketeering over their participation in an international online pharmaceutical sales ring. The company's name was Affpower, and by the time the federal government had shut the sales operation down, Affpower had moved over $126 million in illegally prescribed pharmaceuticals.
The arrests haven't managed to stem the flow of illegal pharmaceuticals from pushers online because of the internet's versatility. Essentially, these online operations are pharmacies with a few doctors signing off on health questionnaires that people have filled out over the internet as to their condition and need for medication.
5 September 2007