Two Sentenced to Jail Over Mislabeled Dietary Supplements
Two Chinese citizens were sentenced to prison for a scheme to sell mislabeled dietary supplements, the Justice Department said in a news release. Zhang Xiao Dong, sales manager for Genabolix USA, was given 24 months in prison on Dec. 20…
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after pleading guilty in the Northern District of Texas to a count of mail fraud, the DOJ said. Gao Mei Fang, the supply chain manager for Genabolix, received a year and a day prison sentence in July, it said. "Zhang and Gao admitted that they agreed to help sell synthetic stimulant ingredients to a purported dietary supplement manufacturer in the United States," the DOJ said. "According to an indictment returned in October 2017, Zhang, Gao, and another co-defendant agreed with a confidential government informant to either mislabel the synthetic ingredients or to otherwise help hide the true nature of a proposed dietary supplement from retailers. Zhang and Gao admitted that they knew major American dietary supplement retailers would refuse to carry supplements known to contain certain stimulants, such as [amphetamine derivative 1,3-dimethylamylamine, also known as] DMAA. Gao also admitted to making false statements to FDA’s import division regarding a shipment of synthetic stimulants." Both were arrested in 2017 while at a dietary supplement trade show in Las Vegas.