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China Man Gets 7 Years for Trafficking Counterfeit Weight Loss Drug

The Food and Drug Administration announces that Shengyang Zhou of China has been sentenced to serve 87 months (over 7 years) in federal prison for trafficking and attempting to traffic in counterfeit goods, namely counterfeit versions of the pharmaceutical weight…

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loss drug known as Alli. During the course of the investigation, law enforcement agents identified Zhou as the trafficker and importer into the U.S. of these counterfeit and unapproved purported weight loss related drugs. Zhou also identified himself as the manufacturer of the counterfeit Alli.