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Power Trip Steroid UGL Indicted on Steroid Manufacturing and Distribution Charges
Power Trip aka power-pharma.us was the name of a popular underground laboratory (UGL) that manufactured anabolic steroids. As a domestic U.S.-based steroid source, it had amassed a good size customer base during its over four years in existence. It also had a respectable ranking on one of the more popular steroid source ranking sites.
Those of you who follow this website know that it is never a good sign when a source goes on “hiatus”. The message that “power-pharma.us is on hiatus, and is excluded from eroids ranking system” left many panicked customers wondering what was going on. Sometimes this means that the source has been busted by law enforcement.
This was exactly what happened to the team behind the Power Trip UGL. Federal prosecutors with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri Western Division announced the indictment of four key players behind the steroid operation / investigation.
Aaron Schweidler, Michael Peters, Samuel Miller and Nicole Lyne allegedly ran the show at Power Trip from a home base of Missouri. That's where they manufactured methasterone, stanozolol, testosterone enanthate, testosterone propionate, nandrolone decanoate and trenbolone acetate. Police also seized several sheets of Power Trip adhesive labels, recipes for the manufacture of steroids and shpping supplies.
The Power Trip UGL defendants were charged with one count each of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute anabolic steroids, conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to commit access device fraud; three counts of access device fraud; and three counts of aggravated identity theft. They face 10 to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 to $500,000 fine on each charge.
The most serious charge didn't even involve the manufacturing of steroids in a clandestine underground laboratory (UGL). It didn't involve the distribution of the finished steroid vials and bottles to internet customers around the country. Instead, it involved the very serious charges of money laundering and device access fraud.
In a failed effort to anonymously accept payments from internet customers, the Power Trip team decided to make use of various “access devices” that have been widely used by domestic sources. These include “Green Dot MoneyPak”, “MyVanilla Reload Cards,” “ReloadIT”, “NetSpend ReloadT” and “Blackhawk Debit Cards”.
To make matters even worse, the co-conspirators allegedly used stolen names, social security numbers and birth dates to open and use many of these accounts. Much of the money was then cashed out and used to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to Chinese powder suppliers using traditional money transfer services Western Union and Moneygram.
The government is also seeking a forfeiture of $2,250,000 which they say represents the proceeds from the illegal anabolic steroid sales.
It looks like that hiatus from eroids will be indefinite.
Source:
Campbell, M (February 4, 2016). Four indicted in Kansas City area steroid conspiracy. Retrieved from Four indicted in Kansas City area steroid conspiracy | The Kansas City Star
Power Trip aka power-pharma.us was the name of a popular underground laboratory (UGL) that manufactured anabolic steroids. As a domestic U.S.-based steroid source, it had amassed a good size customer base during its over four years in existence. It also had a respectable ranking on one of the more popular steroid source ranking sites.
Those of you who follow this website know that it is never a good sign when a source goes on “hiatus”. The message that “power-pharma.us is on hiatus, and is excluded from eroids ranking system” left many panicked customers wondering what was going on. Sometimes this means that the source has been busted by law enforcement.
This was exactly what happened to the team behind the Power Trip UGL. Federal prosecutors with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri Western Division announced the indictment of four key players behind the steroid operation / investigation.
Aaron Schweidler, Michael Peters, Samuel Miller and Nicole Lyne allegedly ran the show at Power Trip from a home base of Missouri. That's where they manufactured methasterone, stanozolol, testosterone enanthate, testosterone propionate, nandrolone decanoate and trenbolone acetate. Police also seized several sheets of Power Trip adhesive labels, recipes for the manufacture of steroids and shpping supplies.
The Power Trip UGL defendants were charged with one count each of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute anabolic steroids, conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to commit access device fraud; three counts of access device fraud; and three counts of aggravated identity theft. They face 10 to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 to $500,000 fine on each charge.
The most serious charge didn't even involve the manufacturing of steroids in a clandestine underground laboratory (UGL). It didn't involve the distribution of the finished steroid vials and bottles to internet customers around the country. Instead, it involved the very serious charges of money laundering and device access fraud.
In a failed effort to anonymously accept payments from internet customers, the Power Trip team decided to make use of various “access devices” that have been widely used by domestic sources. These include “Green Dot MoneyPak”, “MyVanilla Reload Cards,” “ReloadIT”, “NetSpend ReloadT” and “Blackhawk Debit Cards”.
To make matters even worse, the co-conspirators allegedly used stolen names, social security numbers and birth dates to open and use many of these accounts. Much of the money was then cashed out and used to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to Chinese powder suppliers using traditional money transfer services Western Union and Moneygram.
The government is also seeking a forfeiture of $2,250,000 which they say represents the proceeds from the illegal anabolic steroid sales.
It looks like that hiatus from eroids will be indefinite.
Source:
Campbell, M (February 4, 2016). Four indicted in Kansas City area steroid conspiracy. Retrieved from Four indicted in Kansas City area steroid conspiracy | The Kansas City Star
