I post over at outlaw mostly but work out at the same gym as maverick and this is bad. Nobody should have to go through what he went through. It borders on un-american. Anyway here is a cut and paste from our local newspaper today. he will prolly get some time but if the judge wanted to he could give mav 28 years. 28 years!!!!
(from local paper)
A Nixa man pleaded guilty today in federal court to his role in a $180,000 conspiracy to smuggle anabolic steroids from China and sell them over the Internet to customers in the United States, according to John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.
Mikal Gunn Schrage, 29, also pleaded guilty to a related money-laundering conspiracy.
By pleading guilty today, Schrage admitted he participated in a conspiracy to import steroids from China between Nov. 1, 2004, and Sept. 20, 2007. Schrage placed numerous orders via e-mail for steroids in raw form, using fictitious names to send wire transfers to his Chinese suppliers. He then manufactured the raw form into steroids that he sold over the Internet and shipped to customers throughout the U.S.
Schrage also admitted that he dispensed misbranded prescription drugs (steroids) without the prescription of a licensed practitioner. On June 15, 2007, an undercover law enforcement officer purchased steroids from a steroid broker in Arizona that were shipped by Schrage from Springfield.
The steroids were labeled in Spanish in violation of federal requirements that all prescription medication be labeled in English. No instructions for use were located on the labels of the product. Schrage dispensed the steroids to the steroid broker without determining that the customer had a valid physician’s prescription for the prescription drug.
Schrage also pleaded guilty to a money-laundering conspiracy. He admitted that he conducted financial transactions that involved the proceeds of criminal activity with the intent to promote the unlawful distribution of steroids. Schrage also admitted he conducted financial transactions involving the proceeds of criminal activity, which were designed to conceal the nature and ownership of those proceeds.
He caused multiple Western Union wire transfers totaling nearly $83,000 to be made as payment for more than 32 kilograms of steroids shipped from China between Feb. 28, 2005, and March 26, 2007.
Schrage was arrested on an outstanding warrant by a Missouri Highway Patrol trooper on Sept. 1, 2007, during a traffic stop in Greene County. While searching his vehicle, the law enforcement officer discovered five pounds of steroids in raw white powder form, contained in packages that had been shipped from China, and at least 10,000 ml of liquid steroids. In addition to the steroids, the officer found counterfeit Spanish-language labels, boxes and holograms of Mexican steroids that all appeared to be counterfeit.
By pleading guilty today, Schrage agreed to forfeit to the government any property used to commit the offenses and any property obtained from the proceeds of the offenses, including $180,195 that was received in exchange for the distribution of steroids, Schrage’s equity ($46,230) in the residence at 1173 Marble Drive in Nixa, a 2002 Cadillac Escalade, $36,701 that was seized from him by law enforcement officers and $9,370 that was seized from a bank account.
Under federal statutes, Schrage could be subject to a sentence of 28 years in federal prison without parole, plus a fine up to $1 million. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.
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