Pakistanis Indicted for Illegally Exporting Pharmaceuticals to the U.S.
Two Pakistani nationals were indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia Nov. 6 on charges that they operated Internet sites that illegally shipped pharmaceuticals from Pakistan and the U.K. to the U.S. Sheikh Waseem Ul Haq,…
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39, and Tahir Saeed, 50, are accused of operating Internet sites that, since late 2005, illegally shipped $2 million of pharmaceuticals to customers worldwide, including nearly $780,000 in sales to U.S. purchasers. The drugs shipped into the U.S. included methylphenidate (sold as Ritalin); various anabolic steroids; alprazolam (sold as Xanax); diazepam (sold as Valium), lorazepam (sold as Ativan), and clonazepam (sold as Klonapin).