The Justice Department announced today that Jeffrey McIndoo, of Phoenix, Arizona, and his company, JeffMac Investments LLC doing business as SARMS Pharm LLC (SARMS Pharm), were sentenced in connection to prior guilty pleas to an information in connection with the illicit sale of potentially dangerous chemical substances known as selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs). SARMS mimic the effects of anabolic steroids when ingested into the body and are not approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA).
“By smuggling and selling unapproved SARMs, the defendants circumvented important federal safeguards designed to protect public health,” said Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the Justice Department’s Civil Division. “Today's sentence demonstrates that those who seek to enrich themselves through the illegal sale of potentially dangerous products will be held accountable.”
McIndoo, the owner and operator of SARMS Pharm, admitted to introducing an unapproved drug into interstate commerce, and SARMS Pharm pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to smuggle SARMs from China into the United States. In total, between 2017 and 2022, SARMS Pharm earned gross profits totaling at least $3.5 million from selling SARMs. As part of its plea, SARMS Pharm agreed to forfeit $1.8 million of the sum of the proceeds retained by the company.
Judge Sharad H. Desai of the District of Arizona sentenced McIndoo to four months in prison and a $1,000 fine. Judge Desai also ordered SARMS Pharm shuttered and the forfeiture of $1.8 million in proceeds derived from the company’s unlawful conduct.
This case was investigated by FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations.
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