Enzyte Company Owner Guilty Of Fraud

[TZ]

CINCINNATI -- The owner of a company that sells Enzyte, a so-called "male enhancement" tablet, is facing the prospect of more than 20 years in prison.

The Cincinnati Enquirer reported a federal jury has convicted Steve Warshak, 40, and his mother, Harriett Warshak, of conspiracy, bank fraud and money laundering.

Messages seeking comment from Warshak's attorney and Assistant U.S. Attorney Anne Porter were left at their offices Friday night.

Prosecutors claim Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals used a series of deceptive ads, some of which featured the "Smiling Bob" character, to lure consumers. "Smiling Bob" was a goofy, grinning man whose life gets much better after he uses Enzyte, which allegedly boosted his sexual performance
http://www.nbc4.com/news/15384595/detail.html

[DarkTirade]

1. You gotta wonder who actually buys stuff like that...

I mean, I can understand a desire to have a bigger set of tools to get the job done with. But what guy would be willing to actually call this company and order this product?

[Dr. Strange]

4. Maybe an artist would want it?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7499651

[TreasonousBastard]

9. Wives?

[Dr. Strange]

2. Those pharmaceutical people are evil!

Evil I say!

[TZ]

5. Pardon Moi., but

that's a Nutraceutical, NUTRACEUTICAL not a pharmaceutical....
Of course that's not saying that I'M not evil......:rofl:

[Dr. Strange]

7. Meh, toMAYto, taMAHto.

That's like saying there's a difference between astrology and astronomy.

:P

[Maddy McCall]

3. OMG! No more Bob commercials!

I'm devastated!

[originalpckelly]

6. No fucking way!

Well, there goes the placebo effect! :-(

[leftofthedial]

8. how is that fraud, but

all the mainstream deceptive advertising isn't?

you'll (be happy/get laid/get rich/won't die/be respected) if you buy our product--over and over and over and over.

[TZ]

11. I know its seems trivial but the difference is..

A lot of those claims, while perhaps a bit distorted, aren't actually scientifically fraudulent.
Enzyte was knowingly selling a product which had no scientific validity, and apparently they knew they were hawking stuff that couldn't possibly work. This falls under the umbrella of the FDA, where it clearly is illegal to make claims of something having an effect that does not. With the other stuff (which falls under the FTC, BBB, etc) the claims they make can't really be verified or not, so the line is not so clear.

[leftofthedial]

16. Pathology aside, sexual prowess is about 99% confidence--

they sold confidence (no pun intended).

A placebo can have psychosomatic effects.

The entire repuke agenda for 30-odd years now is wholly fraudulent and costs us about a billion times more than some lame ass dick pills.

[Bennyboy]

10. I took two of those things without water once

and they got stuck in my throat.

I had a stiff neck for two weeks!

[TZ]

12. lol! n/t

[madinmaryland]

13. Figures that you would post about this!!

PEV!!

[TZ]

14. Dude

this is not nearly the worst thing I have posted even in the last 24 hours....You missed my art discussion last night...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=7499901&mesg_id=7499901

:rofl: :hi:

[madinmaryland]

15. Is that you in the top picture?

:hi: