"Stem cell" woo sellers get jail.
The guy should get life, IMO.
Lawrence Stowe sentenced
Lawrence Stowe has been sentenced to 78 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for his role in a conspiracy to introduce misbranded and unapproved new drugs into interstate commerce. [Illegal sale of stem cell case lands engineer to federal prison. USDOJ news release, May 2, 2014] Restitution of $419,358 was also ordered, to be paid jointly and severally with co-defendant Francisco Morales, who was previously sentenced to 60 months in prison. According to their indictments:
Stowe and Morales distributed and used stem cells produced from umbilical cord blood to treat persons suffering from cancer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), multiple sclerosis (MS) and other serious diseases.
Stowe, who sometimes pretended to be a doctor, also operated The Stowe Foundation and Stowe Biotherapy Inc., through which he promoted and marketed stem cells and other unapproved drug and biological products for the treatment of cancer, ALS, MS and Parkinson's disease.
From 2007 to 2010, Morales, who falsely represented that he was a licensed physician in the United States, operated the Rio Valley Medical Clinic in Brownsville, Texas, but would travel to Mexico to perform the stem cell procedures on his patients.
In 2010, CBS's "60 Minutes" aired a hard-hitting undercover report about Stowe's scheme. [21st century snake oil: "60 Minutes" cameras expose medical con men who prey on dying victims. CBS News, April 18, 2010] Stowe and Moralse pleaded guilty in 2012. [Convictions entered in two separate Texas cases involving stem cells. USDOJ news release, Sept 2, 2012]
http://www.fbi.gov/houston/press-releases/2014/illegal-sale-of-stem-cell-case-lands-engineer-to-federal-prison
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