People who want to profit from anabolic steroids uses unconventional strategies just to circumvent existing laws. A Cedar City businessman who is engage in a lending business was recently arrested by police officers for using his lending business as a front for steroids distribution. The Liberty Lending in Cedar City, Utah was used by the owner as the pick up point for designer steroids which he manufactures in his home laboratory reports says.

Mark Sherratt, the owner of the lending business allegedly purchased his raw materials from China. The steroid powder was then processed into designer steroids from his home lab. Sherratt uses the internet to sell these steroids and he also instructs buyers to get the items at his lending office.

The Iron-Garfield Narcotics Task Force which headed the investigation, received information about Sheratt’s illegal activities. After a month of surveillance, the task force arrested two costumers of Sherratt and finally raided his steroid lab and lending business. Agent Brian Bairett, who heads the task force, said that it is certainly not something that they come across often. He said that Sherratt was perfectly cooperative with the police during the arrest. “He understood what was going on,” he said.

Based on the investigation, Sherratt was allegedly mixing the steroids with Cialis and Viagra to counteract the possible side effects of the drugs. Several equipments and supplies were also recovered from his home lab. “We found all the ingredients to make designer steroids,” said Bairett. “He had all the bottles and a capping machine, burners, glassware and we found the powders he had shipped in from China.”

Sherratt was held at the Iron County jail but immediately posted bail. He could be facing additional federal charges if proven that he sold these designer steroids to other states. From the initial investigation, Sherratt’s costumers were local bodybuilders and college athletes. The Task Force is still continuing its investigation to determine what particular charges they would file against Sherratt. The computers seized from the suspect could give more information on the extent of Sherratt’s illegal activities.

Meanwhile, a Colorado doctor who was involved in Mobile Pharmacy steroid distribution ring gets 1 year and 9 months in prison and required to pay $30,000. Dr. Kelly Wade Tucker made illegal prescriptions of anabolic steroids to hundreds of clients across the country. He was a business associate of Brett Branch the founder of Infinite Health in Eaton, Colorado. According to the plea agreement Branch would send Tucker order forms for patients seeking steroids and human growth hormone. The doctor receives $100 per patient. Tucker was also involved in a sex related offense which requires him to attend counseling sessions 2 times a week with pedophiles. He was expecting that with his conviction on the steroid case, his probation condition could be change and avoid those sessions.

On the other hand, Brett Branch and owners of Applied Pharmacy Services in Mobile, including several pharmacists are scheduled to go on trial on January.

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