This is the second blog in a series of articles on civil and criminal enforcement actions that have been taken against dietary supplement firms in recent years.
Marketers who tout herbs and other natural products as medicine," drugs" or treatments for cancer and other diseases are possibly gambling with their lives and those of others.
In five of six criminal prosecutions brought by the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) since 2010 against individuals who made drug claims, the defendants were sentenced to prisonbetween three years and 14 yearsafter they pleaded guilty to, or were convicted of, fraudulent behavior. Natural Products INSIDER tracked the prosecutions through a review of all press releases on FDAs criminal investigations website.
The most startling case may involve Christine Daniel, a medical doctor and Pentecostal minister who earned more than US$1 million selling an herbal" or natural" treatment to cure cancer, multiple sclerosis and other diseases. The trial against Daniel of the Sonrise Wellness Center highlighted a harsh reality: consumers who take an herb or other natural product to cure a medical condition such as cancer are risking their lives by failing to seek proper medical treatment.
In 2013, Danielthe then 58-year-old of Santa Clarita, Californiawas sentenced to 14 years in prison after a jury convicted her of four counts of mail and wire fraud, six counts of tax evasion and one count of witness tampering. Prosecutors said evidence http://workouts2015.edublogs.org/2015/09/01/new-study-by-american-council-on-exercise-determines-activity-trackers-fail-to-accurately-predict-caloric-expenditure-reuters/
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