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Belgium Man Gets 4 Years for Counterfeit, Misbranded Drugs Sales

The Food and Drug Administration announces that Manuel Calvelo, a citizen of Belgium, has been sentenced to 48 months in federal prison on charges of operating an Internet pharmacy that sold misbranded and counterfeit drugs as well as controlled substances.…

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From 2005 to 2008, he and another man operated Web sites offering for sale without a prescription misbranded and counterfeit drugs to customers in the U.S. in violation of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.