'Smiling Bob' Founder Gets 25 Years In Prison For Sex-Pill Fraud

[The Straight Story]

'Smiling Bob' Founder Gets 25 Years In Prison For Sex-Pill Fraud
Thursday, August 28, 2008 5:19 AM

CINCINNATI — A man convicted of defrauding customers seeking male sexual-enhancement supplements has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Steve Warshak also was ordered Wednesday to pay $93,000 in fines for his convictions on 93 counts of conspiracy, fraud and money laundering. His company, Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals, and other defendants were ordered to forfeit more than $500 million.

U.S. District Judge S. Arthur Spiegel also sentenced Warshak's mother, Harriet Warshak, to two years in prison. She was convicted of conspiracy and other charges.

The company's main product, Enzyte, which promises sexual enhancement, has ads featuring "Smiling Bob," a happy man with an exaggerated smile.

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/onnnews/stories/2008/08/28/enzyte.html?sid=102

[wtmusic]

1. Best news I've heard all day.

but I don't get out much...

[Greyskye]

2. No more Enzyte commercials?

Now that makes me smile!

[KharmaTrain]

6. A Fool And Their Money...

Maybe I'm from another planet, but I've never saw the need to "enhance that certain part of the male anatomy". I think it's hilarious when I see that Viagra add with a bunch of "manly men" singing the praises to their stiffie. Hell, I figure, if it ain't there, then why bother. My wife says these things scare her...just what this country needs, a bunch of over-sexed 40 and 50-somethings.

[GCP]

24. Pfft - 40-50 year olds? Try 70-80 year olds

Poor old ladies being pestered by old fools with 6 hr woodies :puke:

[KharmaTrain]

27. That's A Visual I Don't Think I Want To Think About...

Damn...a 6 hour woodie? Wouldn't that lead to a cardiac? :rofl:

[PA Democrat]

3. I SWEAR I saw one of these commercials just this morning.

Please tell me the ads will stop.

[guitar man]

7. they will

some of them might pop up from time to time if their contracts haven't been cancelled yet and they're still on the books and in the system. We're just paid minions that do what we're told, questioning is not conducive to a long and happy life as a traffic director...:)

[Sequoia]

13. Oh no, I actually liked these commercials.

[jedr]

17. Me too; Bob's wife was a hoot;.......n/t

[Sequoia]

19. I actually posted something yesterday about this commercial

Someone had posted about awful Viagra commericals on during the family hour. My parakeet whistles to this tune.

[1monster]

30. No! No! Smiling Bob is a CLASSIC! I howl with laughter every time I see Smiling Bob's

unbelievable smile.

Of course, I knew he was smiling because of his big pay check and residuals and not because the product he was hawking worked...

[HeeBGBz]

38. My 7 yo grandson does a great Bob imitation

He just doesn't know why he's smiling. I liked those commercials.

[DainBramaged]

4. They were still pushing that shit up to a couple of months ago

and now another company has taken up the staff, uh, whatever.

https://www.berkeleybrands.com/enzyte/

[TahitiNut]

16. "horny goat weed" seems to be the key ingredient.

:rofl:

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

5. Blame the FDA, not Warshak

(I have no idea what the conspiracy charges are for... they may be business frauds having nothing to do with enzyte's dubious efficacy.)

Before the pugs took over congress in 1994 there was no television advertising of fake medicine and no homeopathic bullshit mixed in with legitimate drugs on drug-store shelves.

There were no "Cancer Treatment Center" ads suggesting they could fix incurable cancers.

And no headache remedies were applied "directly to the forehead."

[DainBramaged]

9. Blame horny people

[mike_c]

21. they advertise that stuff on teevee now...?

THat's crazy! (sorry, I haven't watched teevee in many years other than an hour or two annually)

[MuseRider]

8. I have a cousin in law

we call Smiling Bob. I did not know that is what you called that guy. LOL, I have to tell my husband.

[marmar]

10. Kind of STIFF sentence, isn't it?

:hide:

[pink-o]

14. Yeah, the Dude better do HARD time

Jeez. It was there. I had to do it!

[KamaAina]

18. Nah. The evidence will never hold up in court.

:P

[jedr]

20. That's a long stretch....n/t

[Dukkha]

36. at least he didn't have a hung jury

*rimshot*

[roseBudd]

11. Hey do you live in Cincinnati?

[The Straight Story]

22. Columbus

Swing on by sometime.

[roseBudd]

34. kukeska suggested I contact you, if you PM me I'll tell you what me...

mod mom, liam_laddie & pyrderi are up to.

And if you trust me with your email addy I'll just go ahead and forward the protoytpe, goals & mthodology I wrote up after we had a meetup with Obama campaign staff in Cincinnati.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

12. You'd have to be crazy to fall for that.

Crazy like a fox.

[depakid]

25. You'd think so, but obviously people do in considerable numbers

based on the volume of ad buys.

[TahitiNut]

15. I guess that'll wipe the smile off his face.

A predator among other predators ... that'll take the lead out of his pencil.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

23. Pretty stiff sentence if you ask me. n/t

[NashVegas]

26. LOL ... I Liked Those Commercials!

So sue me.

[Starry Messenger]

28. I am glad to see these obvious frauds go down.

Although part of me now thinks...well at least this stuff was cruelty-free nonsense. When you think of the endangered species dying out for aphrodisiacs this stuff seems a little less harmful to the world.

I was getting sick of the ads, though.

MPK

[Mudoria]

29. I liked those commercials myself..

it was always fun to see how many innuendo's they could cram in a 60 second spot.

[Faygo Kid]

31. Damn. Just damn. And I was ready to hit a golf ball like that guy.

Pretty entertaining commercials, actually.

[johnfunk]

35. Notice how Smiling Bob bears more than a passing resemblance to...

... J.R. "Bob" Dobbs, living slack god and hipster messiah of the Church of the Subgenius?

[1monster]

32. This calls for a little ad from our sponsors. (Caution: Adult content.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9NuV6jSjHw

I hope this doesn't violate DU TOS... If it does, please delete.

[LostInAnomie]

33. Convicting him must have been a fuller, thicker, more satisfying experience for the judge.

Because that is a rock hard sentence. You could chip a tooth on that thing.

[ba5500]

37. RE:Asshole despots can be credible too.

what an idiot