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Originally Posted by crockett
They always add in catchy charges in these kinds of busts.. Like money laundering or racketeering and fraud. Makes it easy for the typical person to think they were up to no good and running a scam.
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Yep - can see that crockett - and reading the report of allegations, this is the DOJ's version and those of prosecutors - not necessarily the facts
I know the guy who owns this operation and he is not a smart ass who would get involved in scams - he's actually an OK person and would guess, but honorable. Tho that does not mean he may not be violating US FDA rulings/laws - marketing pharma products on the net prob involves a fair number of laws in both the US and other countries and it's probable AffPower may be violating laws in a few countries.
But.. seriously doubt the "money laundering" element - tho anything is possible. He has no need to get involved in "real" money-laundering since the revenues are legal in CR and nothing to hide. This guy has been living in CR for around 30 years and no reason to think he is anything other than an "upstanding member of the community" and has many friends from the highest in the land downwards. His family run several businesses other than pharma products - tho he seems to concentrate on the pharma side as a doc.
Really depends on the evidence the DOJ can present to a judge in Costa Rica to convince that judge there is *actual* money-laundering. Judges here are *very* fussy and pedantic and they sure won't be listening to a exploratory chat as to how money-laundering perspectives can be widened to suit the occasion. The other offenses don't appear to fall into the extraditable range.