Bodybuilding.com Raided in Criminal Steroid Investigation

by admin on September 28, 2009

Bodybuilding.com Raided in Criminal Steroid Investigation on Eve of IFBB Olympia Weekend

September 25, 2009 by Millard Baker

Bodybuilding.com at 2009 Olympia Expo

The federal government continued their steroid witch-hunt targeting the dietary supplement industry with a raid of Bodybuilding.com on Thursday, September 24, 2009. The criminal investigation accuses Bodybuilding.com and its corporate officers of illegal marketing and distributing several anabolic steroids, unapproved new and misbranded drugs labeled fraudulently as dietary supplements, specifically “Madol”, “Tren”, “Superdrol”, “Androstenedione”, and “Turinabol”.

Only androstenedione and Turinabol are legally classified as anabolic steroids; these ingredients were not disclosed on the product labels. The FDA has asserted that Madol, Tren and Superdrol are also anabolic steroids. However, only the DEA has the authority to administratively add these substances to the Controlled Substances list. The DEA has NOT yet made this determination. These ingredients have been widely and openly sold as listed ingredients in dietary supplements for years.

The FDA media strategy most likely intentionally staged the raid to coincide with the first day of the 2009 Olympia Weekend. The Olympia Expo, the centerpiece of the Olympia Weekend, includes a large number of sports nutrition companies as exhibitors. The Bodybuilding.com has had a prominent presence at the Expo for several years and is the main sponsor of the 2009 IFBB Mr. Olympia, the top competition in professional bodybuilding.

FDA Special Agent Robert Blenkinsop signed the affidavit of support of the search warrant that was executed at Bodybuilding.com Boise headquarters and warehouse. Blenkinsop participated in the FDA raid of American Cellular Labs (ACL) on July 23, 2009; however, ACL products were not distributed by Bodybuilding.com.

Blenkinsop states that his criminal investigation of Bodybuilding.com led him to investigate several of Bodybuilding.com’s suppliers including, but not limited to, Genetic Edge Technologies (GET), Kilo Sports (KS), and Innovative Delivery Systems (IDS). GET and Kilo Sports were both raided on June 5, 2009; IDS was raided on August 22, 2009.

The federal government conducted raids and interrogations of suppliers in search of evidence to support the FDA’s criminal investigation of Bodybuilding.com. In addition, the suppliers face their own respective criminal investigation for their role in conspiring with, and/or aiding and abbetting Bodybuilding.com in the illegal marketing and distribution of steroids.

Federal agents seized laptop computers, desktops and related computer-based evidence of the following Bodybuilding.com employees: Ryan Deluca (CEO); Jeremy Deluca (VP/President); Gary Davis (CFO, Executive VP); Kelly Household (CIO); Bryan Gum (Chief Strategy Officer), Josh Brouse (COO), Joe Guilliams (FDA/FTC Compliance Manager); Dustin Campbell (Purchasing Manager); Michael McClane (CFO); Ryan Vestal (Controller); Terry Mayer (Accounts Payable Manager).

The following is the government list of products alleged to contain anabolic steroids and unapproved/misbranded new drugs and fraudulently marketed as dietary supplements.

  1. 4EVER FIT D-Drol
  2. ADVANCED MUSCLE SCIENCE Dienedrone
  3. ADVANCED MUSCLE SCIENCE Liquidrone UTT
  4. ANABOLIC XTREME Hyperdrol H2
  5. APS (aka ADVANCE MUSCLE SCIENCE) Mastavol
  6. APS (aka ADVANCE MUSCLE SCIENCE) Revamp
  7. APS (aka ADVANCE MUSCLE SCIENCE) Ultra Mass Stack
  8. APS (aka ADVANCE MUSCLE SCIENCE) Ripped Stack
  9. BETTER BODY SPORTS Finadex
  10. BLACK CHINA LABS Straight Drol
  11. BLACK CHINA LABS Straight Phlexed
  12. BODY CONDITIONING  SOLUTIONS TestraFLEX
  13. BJORKLUND Methyldrostanolone
  14. BOSC ENTERPRISES Epi-Tren
  15. BOSC ENTERPRISES Magna Drol
  16. CHAPARRAL LABS Epivol
  17. CHAPARRAL LABS Pheravol-V
  18. COMPETITIVE EDGE LABS M-Drol
  19. COMPETITIVE EDGE LABS P-Plex
  20. COMPETITIVE EDGE LABS X-tren
  21. DIABOLIC LABS Epio-Plex
  22. DIABOLIC LABS Finabolic 50
  23. DIABOLIC LABS Revenge
  24. ERGOPHARM 6-OXO
  25. ERGOPHARM 6-OXO Extreme
  26. EST (aka ENGINEERED SPORTS TECHNOLOGY) MethAnstance
  27. EXTREME LABS Susto-Test Depot
  28. FIZOGEN ON Cycle II Hardcore
  29. GET (GENETIC EDGE TECHNOLOGIES) SUS-500
  30. GET (GENETIC EDGE TECHNOLOGIES) Tren-250
  31. HARDCORE FORMULATIONS T-Roid
  32. IFORCE NUTRITION 1,4 AD Bold 200
  33. IFORCE NUTRITION 17a PheraFLEX
  34. IFORCE NUTRITION Dymethazine
  35. IFORCE NUTRITION Methadrol
  36. IDS (aka INNOVATIVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS) Bromodrol
  37. IDS (aka INNOVATIVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS) Grow Tabs TR
  38. IDS (aka INNOVATIVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS) Mass Tabs
  39. IDS (aka INNOVATIVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS) Oxodrol Pro
  40. IDS (aka INNOVATIVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS) Ripped Tabs TR
  41. KILO SPORTS Massdrol
  42. KILO SPORTS Phera-Mass
  43. KILO SPORTS Trenadrol
  44. MONSTER CAPS Monster Caps
  45. MYOGENIX Spawn
  46. NUTRA COASTAL D-Stianozol
  47. NUTRA COASTAL H-Drol
  48. NUTRA COASTAL S-Drol
  49. NUTRA COASTAL Trena
  50. PERFORMANCE ANABOLICS Methastadrol
  51. PERFORMANCE ANABOLICS Tri-Methyl X
  52. PURUS LABS E-pol Inslinsified
  53. PURUS LABS Nasty Mass
  54. RAGE RV2
  55. RAGE RV3
  56. RAGE RV4
  57. RAGE RV5
  58. REDEFINE NUTRITION Finaflex 550-XD
  59. REDEFINE NUTRITION Finaflex Ripped
  60. TRANSFORM SUPPLEMENTS Forged Extreme Mass
  61. TRANSFORM SUPPLEMENTS Forged Lean Mass

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