A businessman who sold steroids and human growth hormone to bodybuilders from around the country was sentenced to two years in federal prison Friday by a judge who called him the ringleader of a far-reaching operation.
Daniel McGlone, who was charged in Rhode Island two years ago as part of a bigger multi state probe into the illegal sale of steroids, apologized to his customers and to his family.
"I know that I let people down, your honor, and I know that it will not happen again," he told U.S. District Judge William Smith.
McGlone has admitted to recruiting doctors to write fake prescriptions for hundreds of customers between April 2004 and August 2006. He attracted clients by advertising his business, which he ran out of his apartment in North Brunswick, N.J., in magazines geared toward bodybuilders.
When customers contacted McGlone, he advised them on which drugs they should take, then forwarded the bogus prescriptions to large pharmacies to be filled.
The distribution of human growth hormone is prohibited under federal law, except for specified medical uses. It is not approved for bodybuilding or weight-loss treatments.
