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Phoenix Man Gets Probation for Selling Fake Viagra

By Pharmaceutical Processing | November 3, 2014

PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix man accused of selling fake sexual stimulation products online has been sentenced to two years of supervised probation.

Maricopa County prosecutors say 68-year-old Melvin John Rutkowski was sentenced Monday for attempt to commit fraud schemes.

He originally pleaded not guilty in the case, but entered into a plea agreement.

Rutkowski was arrested in June on suspicion of fraud scheme, control of an illegal enterprise and counterfeit marks.

The Pfizer Corporation hired a private security company in April 2014 to help in the investigation of possible counterfeit Pfizer products being sold online.

The security company purchased Viagra from a website and Pfizer determined the product was counterfeit.

Phoenix police were contacted and detectives identified Rutkowski as a suspect.

Police executed a search warrant and recovered thousands of counterfeit pills.

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