T-Up/Astec Biologics criminal charges
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Firms' President Allen Hoffman sentenced Nov. 30 to 46 months in federal prison, ordered to pay $222,506 restitution after pleading guilty to two counts of introducing unapproved new drug (aloe vera compounds) into interstate commerce with intent to defraud. A Baltimore federal jury had deadlocked on all but one charge against Hoffman and T-Up in a June 2000 trial (1"The Tan Sheet" July 3, 2000, In Brief). Hoffman marketed products as treatments for cancer, other diseases...
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