An employee of a Toronto doctor who has treated golfer Tiger Woods and other famous athletes faces a smuggling charge after being arrested at the Peace Bridge in September with human growth hormone.
Mary Anne Catalano, 32, was arrested at the Peace Bridge on Sept. 14 after a bridge officer searched her car and found a quantity of Nutropin, a human growth hormone that is sometimes used by athletes to increase their muscle-building potential.
According to U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement agents, 20 vials, 101 syringes, and 76 ampules, of "unknown misbranded drugs, including Nutropin" were found in Catalano's car on Sept. 14.
Catalano told investigators that she was bringing the drug into the United States at the request of "her employer," the U.S. Attorney's office alleged in court documents obtained today by The Buffalo News. The individual who asked her to smuggle the drugs was not identified by name, but court papers indicate that Catalano told authorities she works at the ISM Health & Wellness Center.
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