An Essex man last week received a 12 months sentence, suspended for two years, at Basildon Crown Court, after he pleaded guilty to laundering over £400,000 from the illegal online sale of anabolic steroids and prescription only medicines.

He was also given 300 hours unpaid work and ordered to pay £10,000 costs over a period of 12 months.

The sentence followed an investigation by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). This discovered that the 31-year-old had set up payment facilities and converted the money he received from the illegal sale of these internet medicines through his own bank account.

During the course of the investigation, more than 26,000 tablets of prescription only medicine, anabolic steroids and human growth hormone were seized. MHRA officers also found and seized laboratory equipment and paraphernalia connected with the home manufacture of anabolic steroids.

Three other men have already been sentenced for their involvement in the operation.

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