Owner of Cocoon Nutrition Indicted For Selling Bogus Human Growth Hormone

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Former Campbell Businessman Indicted For Selling Human Growth Hormone
FoxReno.com, NV
Stephen Joseph Heuer, 48, formerly of Aptos in Santa Cruz County, was indicted for conspiracy, illegal distribution of a human growth hormone, distribution of misbranded drugs, mail fraud and tax evasion.

According to the indictment, Heuer owned a company, Cocoon Nutrition, which included nutritional supplement stores in Cupertino and Campbell. [...]

Heuer also operated a Web site to distribute products he claimed contained HGH, U.S. Attorney Joseph P. Russoniello said, and distributed products falsely advertised as containing the hormone.

The company sold HGH to persons without a valid prescription, for use in ways outside "the usual course of professional practice, and not for medical purposes," according to a statement from the Internal Revenue Service's criminal investigation department.

In addition to making medical claims through radio, e-mail and Internet advertising, Heuer sent packages of "bunk HGH" to customers across the country through U.S. mail.

Heuer's associate, Robert Bohen, of Orange County, was also charged. Bohen also helped supply the items supposedly containing HGH. ...


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