DEA Busts Country's Largest Steroid Supplier!

[Marine2000]

This was a little unsettling to say the least. Any thoughts guys?

Drug Enforcement Administration officials arrested 13 people Thursday connected to a sprawling steroid and pain pill ring, including a Sebastian doctor and the father-son co-owners of Treasure Coast Pharmacy on Jensen Beach Boulevard — a facility the Department of Health called one of the country's largest steroid supplier operations before shutting it down in June.

Treasure Coast Pharmacy's Peter Dominic DelToro , 38, of the 700 block of Southwest Squire Johns Lane in Palm City, Richard R. DelToro, 60, of the 2000 block of Southeast San Jeronimo Road in Port St. Lucie, and Jaclyn Rubino, 31, of Stuart were taken into custody at Palm Beach County Jail on Thursday.

Peter and Richard DelToro are listed by Department of State records as Treasure Coast Pharmacy's co-owners. Rubino also helped operate the pharmacy, according to a U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida release.

Dr. Timothy Sigman, 40, of the 6000 block of 110th St. in Sebastian, also was arrested, in addition to a chiropractor and four more doctors, including one from California, the release said.

In what officials dubbed "Operation Juice Doctor 2," the 42-count indictment states the defendants conspired to and distributed steroids , human growth hormone and oxycodone, and attempted to import steroids from China, the release said.

If convicted, the arrested parties can face up to 10 years in prison on the steroid charges, five years on the HGH and additional steroid charges, and 20 years on the oxycodone charges, the release said.

With Peter DelToro as top pharmacist, Treasure Coast Pharmacy dispensed almost 11,000 steroid and human-growth hormone orders and 3,700 other addictive prescriptions, such as oxycodone, from October 2010 to March 31, according to a Department of Health emergency suspension order. Peter DelToro filled more than 84 percent of those prescriptions, according to the order.

The DEA raided the pharmacy in late June, and seized boxes of patient records before pulling the pharmacy's license to deal controlled substances. The Department of Health later ordered the facility closed, and suspended Peter DelToro's pharmacist license.

The indictment said the pain, anti-aging and hormone replacement therapy clinics hired doctors to sign off on prescriptions written by the clinic operators and salespeople.

Doctors received the prescription orders, which were largely placed online, and signed off without in-person patient exams or regard for the orders' quantities or dosages, according to the order. The signed prescriptions were sent to Treasure Coast Pharmacy through a third party, and then shipped to patients nationwide and as far internationally as Finland and Guam, according to the order.

Treasure Coast Pharmacy also had ties to distributing steroids to celebrities and athletes, according to court documents. The pharmacy started filling prescriptions between 2005 and 2007 for operations owned by Anthony Forgione, a fired Boca Raton police officer. Forgione is serving a 20-month federal prison sentence followed by three years of supervised release.

Forgione, who started selling anabolic steroids and human growth hormone in South Florida gyms in 2005, first used Dr. Gary Brandwein of Boca Raton to sign off on the prescriptions for a commission. After a 2007 raid on Forgione's clinic, Infinity Longevity Inc. in Delray Beach, Forgione said during a 2008 guilty plea in an Albany, N.Y. court that each prescription was filled by Treasure Coast Pharmacy, court records show.

Forgione said Brandwein funneled steroids to rappers and athletes, including Chris Benoit, a pro wrestler who killed his wife and son and committed suicide in 2007. Brandwein pleaded guilty to New York drug charges in March 2008.

Forgione returned to Florida on probation, and used Delaware doctor Rodney Baltazar and new business partner Scott Lofquist from Kansas to continue the online steroid sales.

Treasure Coast Pharmacy filled each of their steroid orders, Forgione said when he pleaded guilty in April 2010. Forgione, Baltazar and Lofquist each received a 20-count indictment in April 2010 after selling steroids to undercover federal agents, according to federal reports.

Peter DelToro worked as manager of the Martin Memorial Health Systems pharmacy from 2002 to 2007, and left on his own terms, said Martin Memorial spokesman Scott Samples. Peter DelToro graduated from University of Florida's College of Pharmacy after attending the University of Connecticut for undergraduate studies, according to Martin County records.

Richard DelToro, his father, worked as a police officer in Stamford, Conn., in the 1980s, according to court documents.

The Department of Health still lists Sigman's doctor license as clear and active, and states he practices at 1515 U.S. 1 in Sebastian. He's board-certified in internal medicine, graduated from the American University of the Caribbean and completed a residency in Memphis, Tenn.

[Marine2000]

Sourse link
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2011/sep/...tor-and-co-of/

[sirupate]

The oxycontin part of their operation was probably their downfall. The authorities are cracking down on that stuff. I doubt if small orders of steroids (outside of the usual legal pharmacy route) is going to get much attention.

[Bigd89]

That sucks. This is why I get my shit over-sea.

[zaggahamma]

why cant these fvckers fight crime and capture some rapists, killers, kidnappers, etc.

[brad1986]

why cant these fvckers fight crime and capture some rapists, killers, kidnappers, etc.

Its sad isnt it. It makes me sic to see where my tax dollars are going and where they are NOT going. The oxycontin is what got them busted, the feds arnt playing around with that whit anymore

[warchild]

good thing these maniacs are off the streets now....

[bass]

why cant these fvckers fight crime and capture some rapists, killers, kidnappers, etc.

yup fvckers!

[gixxerboy1]

I'm not surprised. Those places were steroid mills pushing the limits. Sucks but not shocked

[frawnz]

Many of the AA clinics are borderline criminal enterprises.

[Hazard]

HOLY SHIT..... My fathers HRT doc used Treasure Coast Pharmacy...... His levels were genuinely low tho lol. He's since gone to his familly practitioner who is monitoring him now.....

~Haz~

[zaggahamma]

big brother is def watching

[streeter]

We don't live in a free country any more people. Can't these asshats find any real criminals to bust I mean c'mon were all adults and should be able to decide what we want to do with our bodies. Go bust a meth lab or something. I'm starting to agree with Sylvester Stallone who says it all should be over the counter anyway. I swear they don't want us to get our hands on anything that might let us collect social security a little longer.

[optionsdude]

This is something my new clinic rep was talking about and why my order was delayed.
I mentioned this in my post about order troubles. When I told the rep
That I thought they were yanking my chain they told
me about treasure coast, which my prior clinic used. Glad I switched

[THINKBIG]

If it was up to the Gov we would all be in line to get free estrogen shots. Much easier to rule the weak....

[brad1986]

If it was up to the Gov we would all be in line to get free estrogen shots. Much easier to rule the weak....

and the sad thing is there are sitll people who preach more govnt and less rights

[bd50]

The oxycontin part of their operation was probably their downfall. The authorities are cracking down on that stuff. I doubt if small orders of steroids (outside of the usual legal pharmacy route) is going to get much attention.

this ^^^