Ringleader Of Multi-State Anabolic Steroid Trafficking Network Sentenced

[Obscured78]

Went on the run and started another lab?!?! The gear was obviously bunk otherwise his balls wouldn’t be so big…

 

[Achillesking]

doesnt say how they got caught, shame since that's the most interesting part.

The horse was the dead give away

 

[GymRat79]

The Federal Government has all the resources to do whatever they want and for as long as they want. Low hanging fruit leads to higher hanging fruit. Some areas of the country are more aggressive than others.

There are criminals out there for example that don't get arrested until 15-20 years into their career for a reason. If the Feds feel they can build up a big case on you (depending how deep you are into it) and get away with it, they will milk that shit for as long as they can to send you away for good.

 

[Methyl mike]

There are criminals out there for example that don't get arrested until 15-20 years into their career for a reason. If the Feds feel they can build up a big case on you (depending how deep you are into it) and get away with it, they will milk that shit for as long as they can to send you away for good.

Whenever I get the chance I read court transcripts and I am continually amazed how well organized and thorough their cases are. They rarely lose for a reason, and their efforts confine people like me to live a pretty boring life, I work a normal job etc. Too afraid to take chances getting rich but possibly having to spend years jn prison no thanks.

 

[TWINE]

This guy used to work for goldline I believe. in gold line sentence memo posted last year which was posted on meso it said goldine instructed someone to go on the run with fake id and continue to sell steroids for goldline.ill see if I can find it.

But same story..

 

[TWINE]

I checked.he was related to goldine. Below is gold line sentence memo
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Feds to seek 10 years for, $6.5 million from North Attleboro steroid ring mastermind​

NORTH ATTLEBORO — Federal prosecutors are seeking a 121-month prison term and $6.5 million from a local man who led a multi-million dollar nationwide steroid distribution ring.

David M. Esser, 48, is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 10 in U.S. District Court in Providence by Chief Judge John McConnell Jr.

Esser pleaded guilty last March to importing raw steroids from China and sending them to “pharmacists” who “cooked” the product into liquid and pill form, according to prosecutors.

He advertised his business online and hired “a network of middlemen and women to work tirelessly for his personal financial gain” to mail thousands of steroid-loaded packages to customers in all 50 states, prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum filed last Friday.

Even after he was busted in February 2020 and was freed on bond, prosecutors say he continued distributing steroids with the help of a man in Virginia.

The operation began about February 2015 and continued for 70 months until he was arrested the second time in December 2020, prosecutors said.

He has been held in federal custody at the Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls since his arrest in December 2020.

Esser pleaded guilty last March to two counts of conspiracy to distribute steroids and one count of money laundering.

The $6.5 million the government is seeking represents the money prosecutors estimated Esser earned over 70 months as the mastermind of his steroid distribution empire.

It includes $214,000 for the value of nine properties Esser purchased in York, Pa., from steroid proceeds, according to the prosecution’s sentencing memorandum.

“With Esser’s business success inevitably came expensive tastes,” prosecutors wrote.

He purchased thousands of dollars of designer goods and sports cars, stayed in luxury hotels and was known to be a “big spender at strip clubs,” prosecutors wrote.

His plea agreement provides for the forfeiture of over $130,000 seized from bank accounts, four cars, $17,000 in cash and a $30,000 gold chain Esser purchased.

Among the cars were a 2017 Chevrolet Corvette and a 2016 BMW X6.

However, the government contends Esser has even more wealth in cryptocurrency and cash that prosecutors believe he moved to an off-shore account in Hong Kong which the government is still trying to access, according to the memo.

“Despite Esser’s obligation to disclose and forfeit his assets, he continues to seek to shield his wealth from the United States,” prosecutors wrote.

Underlings, who worked in his stash houses and mailed the steroids, were paid according to the amount of product they shipped, prosecutors said.

Esser even hired a marketing person to advertise the illegal steroids on exclusive online message boards, one of which he owned and managed, according to prosecutors.

During the 70 months of operation, the government estimates Esser distributed over 26,000 parcels at $250 each and even up to $650 per package, according to prosecutors.

He had addresses on Fisher Street, Oakhurst Street and an apartment on North Washington Street, which was used at one time as a safe house, according to authorities.

Esser continued to operate his business, according to prosecutors, even after his stash house was raided in 2018 and over 30 kilograms of steroids were seized.

After that raid, Esser apparently believed he was “untouchable” and rebuilt his business in a way he thought would avoid law enforcement’s attention, according to prosecutors.

Esser bragged to a co-conspirator “that he was able to restock his stash house by spending $35,000, and his business was back up and running shortly after the raid,” prosecutors wrote.

Esser’s ex-wife, Alison Shepard Esser, and James McLaughlin, both of North Attleboro, were sentenced to probation last year for their limited role in mailing steroids to customers, according to prosecutors.

A fourth defendant, Masson Nieves of Providence, pleaded guilty but was arrested again on unrelated drug charges. His case is pending.

Esser’s co-defendant in Virginia, Michael Lambert, was sentenced in October to nine years in prison and forfeited over $1.5 million, according to prosecutors.

Esser was supposed to be sentenced Wednesday but the proceeding was postponed at the request of the defense.

Esser’s lawyers have not yet filed their sentencing recommendation.

The judge is not bound by either the recommendations of the lawyers or sentencing guidelines.
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[Big-paul]

If you go, go big.