SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Florida man has pleaded guilty in San Diego to running a scheme that sold more than $7 million worth of unapproved cancer drugs.
U-T San Diego (http://bit.ly/WPbfqU ) says Martin Bean of Boca Raton pleaded to a conspiracy charge on Tuesday in federal court.
Prosecutors say Bean bought unapproved drugs from manufacturers in Turkey, India and Pakistan then took orders from doctors through his website and sold them at a steep discount.
The drugs were funneled through a San Diego company with a wholesale pharmacy license to make them seem legitimate.
Authorities say Bean sold more than $7 million worth of the drugs from 2005 to 2011.
The owner of the San Diego company pleaded guilty to conspiracy last year and faces five years in prison.
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Information from: U-T San Diego, http://www.utsandiego.com
