Viagra

Guilty plea to selling Viagra - Saturday, May 28, 2011

When federal agents executed a search warrant at her Waldorf home in January, they found 45,684 counterfeit Viagra pills, according to Knott's plea agreement. She admitted to selling the drugs through Craigslist postings, emails and other means.

Millions of fake Viagra pills seized - Saturday, March 05, 2011

A massive amount of fake and unlicensed Viagra, worth millions of dollars, was seized by United Kingdom Border Agency officers during 2010, according to a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.

Paralympian fined $30,000 for selling counterfeit drugs - Tuesday, February 15, 2011

According to court records from the Western Washington U.S. District Attorney’s Office, on April 9, 2010, Customs and Border Protection agents in Los Angeles intercepted a package sent from Hyyuan, China containing 2,544 counterfeit Viagra pills and 260 counterfeit Cialis pills.

Counterfeit Viagra found in Montreal - Saturday, August 07, 2010

Health Canada is warning that a health product sold by a store in Montreal closely resembles Viagra, but is considered a counterfeit.

Pfizer spies find Spanish villa, gold Rolex in fake Viagra bust - Thursday, July 08, 2010

With the millions he made peddling fake Viagra, Martin Hickman bought a beachside villa on Spain’s Costa del Sol, a diamond-studded Rolex and a flat in London. read more ...

Retired dentist charged with smuggling counterfeit Viagra and Cialis - Tuesday, April 20, 2010

A Canadian dentist and champion curler is facing drug charges in Seattle on allegations he tried to smuggle thousands of counterfeit erectile dysfunction pills to British Columbia.

Computer store owner admits to selling counterfeit Viagra - Thursday, November 12, 2009

The owner of a North Providence computer store has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges that he sold illegal generic Viagra and pirated movies in 2008.

Fake Viagra pills seized at Miami International Airport - Friday, October 23, 2009

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Miami International Airport intercepted 21,600 counterfeit Viagra pills that weighed a total of 50 pounds.

Fake Viagra, and more, in Bangkok - Friday, October 23, 2009

Pharmo-piracy sweeps Thailand, and the rest of Southeast Asia. It's a deadly problem.

Cement Viagra seller likely to go to prison - Sunday, June 21, 2009

The police said that he had been selling pills which had the active ingredient of Viagra mixed in with cement.

Businessman to be sentenced for selling Viagra - Monday, June 08, 2009

A businessman who made a multi-million pound fortune from selling fake and unlicensed Viagra-style drugs on the internet is facing a new life in jail.

Drug dealers switching from cocaine to fake Viagra - Monday, March 02, 2009

Drugs gangs are switching from selling cocaine to a fake version of the sex pill Viagra attracted by the lure of higher profit margins, it has been claimed.

200 kg of fake Viagra seized in India - Sunday, February 15, 2009

Police claimed to have seized on Sunday more than 200 kg of fake drugs from a unit in Udyog Vihar in Haryana.

“Viagra King” pleads guilty over counterfeit pills - Friday, October 10, 2008

A doctor known as the “Viagra King” was told he would be jailed after pleading guilty to being part of a global conspiracy to sell fake medicines.

Counterfeit drugs, real problems - Sunday, September 14, 2008

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer estimates its annual losses to counterfeit drug sales at $2 billion. The World Health Organization estimates that 30% of all prescriptions drugs on the market are counterfeit. Click here to read the rest of the article and to see a report on the production of counterfeit Viagra.

Jail sentence for seller of fake Viagra - Friday, July 18, 2008

A Jordanian national was sentenced yesterday to four years in federal prison for trafficking in thousands of counterfeit Viagra pills imported from Egypt and stored in Glen Burnie, according to the Maryland U.S. attorney's office.

Illegal Viagra leads 24% jump in counterfeit medicine seizures - Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Pfizer's Mages says Viagra remains the world's most- counterfeited drug and accounted by volume for almost three- quarters of the illicit copies of Pfizer brands seized last year in 45 countries. The drugs are marketed on Internet sites whose operations are also global, she says.

Bogus versions of Viagra sold in China - Monday, March 17, 2008

Viagra is a phenomenal drug and has achieved remarkable success, but now fake Viagra sale online is giving Pfizer (manufacturer of Viagra) a run for its money….original Viagra is sold in a single tablet strip only and has a unique hologram on the pack. [Patients who] find Viagra sold in strips of 4 or in bottles and jars…should steer clear of it. Also make sure that the source you are looking to purchase from is certified.

Up to 50% of internet Viagra could be fake - Monday, March 17, 2008

As many as half of the Viagra anti-impotence pills sold on the Internet could be counterfeit, say U.K. scientists.

Dr Nic Wilson of the School of Pharmacy, University of London, analysed samples of Viagra sold on the Web and found that some of the little blue pills contained different components or less of the active ingredient than the top-selling drug made by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc.

Pfizer using RFID to fight fake Viagra - Friday, January 06, 2006

A high-frequency tag on each bottle of Viagra ensures U.S. pharmacists and wholesalers that the product is genuine.