T-Up, Inc.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Baltimore firm and its principals are appealing a $3.7 mil. fine by the Maryland Attorney General for making claims their aloe vera and mineral health products cure diseases such as cancer and AIDS. T-Up products were marketed for oral consumption or IV administration without FDA approval and lacked adequate safety and efficacy data, the AG asserted. T-Up, President Allen Hoffman and two others were indicted in July 1999 on federal charges of conspiracy, mail and wire fraud and introducing an unapproved new drug into commerce. A Baltimore federal jury on June 15 deadlocked on all but one charge against the firm and Hoffman, finding them not guilty on one mail fraud count. The jury found an Oklahoma supplier of the products not guilty on all counts
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Baltimore firm and its principals are appealing a $3.7 mil. fine by the Maryland Attorney General for making claims their aloe vera and mineral health products cure diseases such as cancer and AIDS. T-Up products were marketed for oral consumption or IV administration without FDA approval and lacked adequate safety and efficacy data, the AG asserted. T-Up, President Allen Hoffman and two others were indicted in July 1999 on federal charges of conspiracy, mail and wire fraud and introducing an unapproved new drug into commerce. A Baltimore federal jury on June 15 deadlocked on all but one charge against the firm and Hoffman, finding them not guilty on one mail fraud count. The jury found an Oklahoma supplier of the products not guilty on all counts. |