Indian-origin pharma executive gets 41 months in prison for fraudulent sales
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New York– An Indian-origin pharmaceutical executive has been sentenced by a federal judge in Texas to 41 months in prison for fraudulently selling workout supplements, according to officials.
Acting North Texas Federal Prosecutor Prerak Shah announced on Friday the sentencing of Sitesh Patel, 37, on a conspiracy charge relating to the misbranding of the supplements.
Patel and several of his co-defendants had admitted before the Texas Northern District Court in Dallas that they imported substances with false and misleading labelling of products, according to the Justice Department.
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Dietary Supplement Executive Sentenced in Scheme to Fraudulently Sell Popular Dietary Supplements Details Written by Justice Department
Dallas, Texas - A federal court in Texas sentenced a former dietary supplement company executive to prison for his role in fraudulently selling popular workout supplements, the Justice Department announced Friday.
On February 19, 2021, U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay sentenced former S.K. Laboratories Vice President Sitesh Patel, 37, of Irvine, California, to 41 months’ imprisonment and one year of supervised release. The court previously ordered Patel’s former company, S.K. Laboratories, to forfeit $6 million in connection with the case.
According to documents filed in the case, Patel played a key role in developing and manufacturing the popular workout and weight loss supplements known as Jack3d and OxyElite Pro, which were distributed by Dallas-based USPlabs. In pleading guilty in 2019 to conspiracy to intro
Indian-origin pharma exec gets 41 months in prison for fraud sales
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New York, Feb 20 : An Indian-origin pharmaceutical executive has been sentenced by a federal judge in Texas to 41 months in prison for fraudulently selling workout supplements, according to officials.
Acting North Texas Federal Prosecutor Prerak Shah announced on Friday the sentencing of Sitesh Patel, 37, on a conspiracy charge relating to the misbranding of the supplements.
Patel and several of his co-defendants had admitted before the Texas Northern District Court in Dallas that they imported substances with false and misleading labelling of products, according to the Justice Department.