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.
