A federal grand jury indicted Blackstone Labs, its co-founders (including current Redcon1 CEO Aaron Singerman), employees, and manufacturing partners for a sweeping criminal conspiracy involving the sale of illegal and unapproved substances as dietary supplements.
All parties allegedly knowingly sold illegal products—including SARMs, DMZ (dimethazine), and AMP Citrate (DMBA)—under the guise of legal supplements.
🚨 The Scheme
The indictment claims:
• Defendants set up fake companies like Fight Pharm and VBS Laboratories to hide illegal manufacturing and sales.
• Blackstone continued selling banned products after FDA warnings and recalls, including Super DMZ Rx, Metha-Drol Extreme, AMP Citrate-based pre-workouts, and SARMs like Ostarine.
• Executives directed staff to mislead authorities, hide substances, falsify documents, and even impersonate FDA officials.
• Products were moved off-label and rebranded under shell companies to dodge enforcement.
🔒 Legal Charges
All defendants face:
• Conspiracy to defraud the FDA and consumers (max 5 years, $250K fine)
Additionally, Braun and Singerman face:
• 2 counts of selling unapproved new drugs
• 1 count of conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids (max 15 years)
• 3 counts of controlled substance distribution
• 3 counts of money laundering (max 10 years per count)
🧾 Noteworthy Allegations
• Executives ignored FDA warning letters and secretly sold remaining stock.
• Internal emails showed awareness of illegality.
• Despite this, they continued buying ingredients from China, relabeled products, and distributed them through shell companies.
• One executive even posed as an FDA agent to reassure a wholesaler.
💬 Public Response
• Blackstone Labs denied the allegations, calling them “false and inaccurate.”
• They claimed the case was government overreach, targeting strength athletes and fitness supplements.
🎯 Final Thoughts
This indictment marks one of the largest and most detailed supplement fraud cases in recent history. It underscores:
• The risk of regulatory noncompliance in the supplement industry.
• How corporate deception can trigger criminal prosecution.
• The importance of consumer safety in dietary product labeling.
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