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Jun.01, 2010, 12:22 a.m. MDT
SALT LAKE CITY — Seven of the 18 individuals indicted for running an Internet pharmacy scheme using pills smuggled in from Mexico either pleaded guilty, were sentenced in their cases or both in the past week.
According to the indictment, the group conspired to sell as many as 11 million prescription drugs, including Ritalin, Valium, Phentermine and Xanax on websites. The pills, which Drug Enforcement Administration officials said were often sub-potent, were produced in Mexico and sold over the Internet to people without checking for valid prescriptions. The websites were not authorized by the DEA to distribute medication.
The individuals had various roles in the plan, with some stating they didn't know what they were doing was illegal.
Charles Stuart, 53, pleaded guilty to a charge of importation of a controlled substance but stated in his plea agreement that while he imported the various drugs from Mexico, he didn't know the pills would be taken and distributed illegally.
Laura Harding, 33, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute Phentermine, worked at a pharmacy and would refer people to the websites, earning $9.95 per referral. Harding was sentenced Wednesday to five months in prison to be followed by 36 months of supervised release.
Thomas Myers, 49, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methylphenidate, or Ritalin, admitting he sold more than 173,000 pills to people without valid prescriptions. Myers eventually bought one of the websites from two of his co-defendants and managed it, taking a cut for himself of all of the profits. Prosecutors will ask for one year of prison time.
Timothy Shields, 45, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and conspiracy to commit money laundering, as did Kenneth Forrest, 43, Martha Forrest, 66, and Deborah McCoard, 43. The individuals were involved in the scam for varying periods of time.
Martha Forrest received a sentence of 36 months of probation, while McCoard was sentenced to 12 months in federal prison.
Gregory Crosby, 53, and Dr. James Brinton, 63, both of Provo, and Noah Sifuentes, 58, of Orem, are believed to be behind the organization. They have pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to distribute Phentermine and conspiracy to commit international money laundering.
According to their plea agreements, these men paid $1.9 million to a supplier in Chihuahua, Mexico, for the Phentermine. The men didn't wire the money directly to the Mexico-based supplier but sent $1.3 million of it through the personal bank account of another defendant to further the scheme.
They used the personal account of Edgar Flores-Cuevas, 36, whose case was resolved in January. Flores-Cuevas was sentenced to the 20 months of prison he'd served and placed on supervised release for conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Christina Haramija, 32, of Lehi, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute Phentermine in April, and Rex Southwick, 35, of Orange, Calif., pleaded guilty conspiracy to distribute Ritalin, a controlled substance, in early May.
There are only four defendants who have not pleaded or been sentenced in the case, including three Mexican nationals who are considered fugitives, and Treila Shumway, 40, of Manti.