Woman Sentenced to 2 Yrs for Illegally Importing "Brazilian Diet Pills"
On July 25, 2011, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that a New Hampshire woman, Elisane Garcia, in a drug smuggling and money laundering case, was sentenced to approximately 10 months (time served) and two years of supervised release for…
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illegally importing "Brazilian diet pills" into the U.S. Investigators intercepted thousands of pills which contained fluoxetine and chlordiazepoxide, the same active ingredients as Prozac and Librium, as well as fenproporex, a drug not approved for marketing in the U.S. The pills were intended for delivery to Garcia from Brazilian suppliers that allegedly received wire transfers from her totaling nearly $45,000.