Domestic ED and diet drug seller / importer busted.

A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted Nicholas David Lundsten, 26, of Spring Lake Park, and Patrick James Barron, 29, of Fridley, for the interstate sale of mislabeled drugs and for importing controlled substances. The indictment was filed in federal court Wednesday.

The indictment said Barron and Lundsten "caused the introduction and the delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of misbranded drugs," including, 3,600 bogus pills labeled as Cialis; 10,419 bogus pills labeled as Viagra; 340 pills falsely labeled as Levitra; 1,582 pills falsely labeled as Propecia; 39,288 pills falsely labeled as Xanax and 27,336 pills purported to be Phentermine.

The indictments are the result of an investigation by the FDA, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, with assistance from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Two Minnesota men were indicted in federal court Wednesday for allegedly sending thousands of misbranded pills — primarily for erectile dysfunction and hair loss — to customers throughout the state.

Nicholas Lundsten, 26, of Spring Lake Park, and Patrick Barron, 29, of Fridley, were each charged in U.S. District Court in St. Paul with a single count of introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce and one count of importing a non-narcotic controlled substance into the United States.

According to an indictment released Wednesday, the pair sent 10,419 pills labeled as Viagra; 3,600 pills labeled as Cialis; 1,582 pills labeled as Propecia; and 340 pills labeled as Levitra.

While the drugs "contained the active pharmaceutical ingredients of the drugs they imitated," they "were not the authentic product as labeled and were not made by the respective manufacturer," the U.S. attorney's office said in a written statement.

The indictment also accuses Lundsten and Barron of illegally importing about 40,000 pills of alprazolam — used to control anxiety disorders — and about 27,000 pills of sibutramine — an appetite suppressant used to treat obesity — into the United States. Both are classified as "Schedule IV" controlled substances.

If convicted of both charges, Lundsten and Barron face up to six years in prison.

I'm hoping to find a copy of the indictment online so that I can get the full story on how their bust actually came about.