USA v Capsulcn International
On May 12, 2025, the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Texas unsealed an April 23 indictment against a Chinese company, CapsulCN International Co. Ltd., and three Chinese nationals for their alleged role in the illegal importation of pill-making equipment. According to the 21-count indictment, between December 2011 and April 2025, CapsulCN imported and distributed pill presses, encapsulating machines, and counterfeit die molds to U.S. customers while knowing or having reason to believe that those items would be used to manufacture controlled substances.
A page promoting a pill press model (from the Huada Pharmaceuticals website, via the Wayback Machine)
The company did business under a number of names, including:
- CapsulCN
- PillMolds
- Zhejiang Wisely Machinery Co. Ltd.
- iPharmachine Corp.
- Huada Pharmaceutical
- Ruian Shanfan Enterprise Management Co. Ltd.
- Ruian Runfeng Enterprise Managemen Partnership,
- Ruian Danfeng Enterprise Management Partnership,
- Zhejiang CapsulCN Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Zhejiang CapsulCN Imp. & Exp Co., Ltd.
- HUADACN Pharmaceutical Machinery Co., Ltd.
Court filings
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Indictment, USA v CapsulCN International Co Ltd et al
April 23, 2025
Pill press seizures in the United States
States in pink indicate that law enforcement has found a least one pill press making illicit pills. Click the red triangles for specific seizure incidents, January 2023 through mid-March 2025.