Raid targets family's alleged 'Viagra' scam

A HOUSE in Co Monaghan has been raided under a High Court order secured by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer against a man who allegedly masterminded a lucrative operation selling fake Viagra over the internet. buying cialis online new jersey


The “Viagra” and other counterfeit drugs allegedly sold by the man were made in China.

Mr Justice Peter Kelly said there was possible risk to public health “and even life” due to counterfeit drugs being offered for sale over the internet to people “foolish enough” to buy them.

Pfizer incorporated and related companies allege three UK nationals – Andrew Mills, also known as Andrew Butcher, of Co Monaghan, and his parents Brian and Sarah Mills – have for three years been offering for sale large quantities of fake Viagra and other drugs with a minimum estimated turnover of £465,000.

Pfizer, which made some €1.9 billion from worldwide sales of Viagra in 2008 with gross margins of 30 per cent on the tablets, claims the defendants’ actions have inflicted economic damage on it with estimated losses of €333,323.

It alleges a telephone system with 16 extensions was operated from Andrew Mills’s property at Smotrin, Bragan, to help facilitate the counterfeit drug sales. Mr Mills, who also has addresses in England, is alleged to have set up the operation which has now apparently ceased due to actions by Pfizer following a year-long investigation.

Pfizer began the investigation last year. Its undercover investigators secretly recorded conversations with Andrew Mills who allegedly said credit unions in Ireland were an easy way of “losing” money as the money “sort of goes off record . . . they are a very good way of sort of cleaning a bit of money up”.

Mr Mills also allegedly said he used false papers to open an Ulster Bank business account here last March and obtain a €220,000 mortgage on his Smotrin property.

He operated near the Border because a car with Northern Ireland plates was unlikely to be stopped by gardaí which “makes me happier driving around with a few thousands boxes of whatever in the car”, he allegedly said.

Mr Mills allegedly said he was earning £10,000 a year from the operation three years ago but last year earned “probably £300,000”.

He allegedly said up to 15,000 boxes of Viagra had to be bought at a time from China, indicated he had orders from the US and Canada and was “keen to expand into a wholesale side”.

Pfizer claims the defendants offered for sale other counterfeit drugs (some but not all made by Pfizer) including Kamagra, Tadalafil, Lovegra and Cialis, via websites particularly www.viagrafast.co.uk, over the phone and by selling wholesale to trade customers. Up to April 2007, the viagrafast website was offering “Genuine Pfizer . . . THE REAL THING!” 100mg Viagra in boxes of four for €20, it is claimed.

Mr Justice Kelly this week made an order allowing agents for Pfizer search and seize documents and other material from the premises at Smotrin.

Declan McGrath, for Pfizer, sought the order as an ancillary order to legal proceedings in England against Andrew Mills and his parents over alleged infringement of Pfizer’s trademarks. Mr McGrath sought a temporary ban on publicity on grounds the defendant, if forewarned, was likely to destroy records and dissipate assets. The judge banned publicity until after the raid and when the matter returned to court.

The British High Court in London, which will hear the substantial case against the three defendants, made orders on Monday for raids on premises in England last Wednesday, in tandem with the raid here.

Raids took place from 8am on Wednesday, said Mr McGrath. There were concerns about a missing hard drive, another smashed hard drive and a missing SIM card. It had been expected there would be three laptops on the premises but there was just “an oldish one”.

The judge continued the order restraining Mr Mills reducing his assets, except for living expenses of £1,000 weekly and legal fees of €10,000, and directed the material seized could be sent to the Chinese authorities for a possible investigation into the source of the counterfeit drugs. Pfizer said the operation had been selling large quantities of counterfeit Viagra for at least three years. buy cialis online oklahoma

30 Minutes To A Cleaner House

You're getting company in 30 minutes. Your house is a mess.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

SECRET TIP 1: DOOR LOCKS
If a room clearly can't be whipped into shape in 30 days--much less 30 minutes--employ the Locked Door Method of cleaning. Tell anyone who tries to go in the room that the door is intentionally locked. CAUTION: It is not advisable to use this tip for the bathroom.
Time: 2 seconds

SECRET TIP 2: DUCT TAPE
No home should be without an ample supply. Not only is it handy for plumbing repairs, but it's a great way to hem drapes, tablecloths, clothes, just about anything. No muss, no fuss.
Time: 2-3 minutes

SECRET TIP 3: OVENS
If you think ovens are just for baking, think again. Ovens represent at least 9 cubic feet of hidden storage space, which means they're a great place to shove dirty dishes, dirty clothes, or just about anything you want to get out of sight when company's coming.
Time: 2 minutes

SECRET TIP 4: CLOTHES DRYERS
Like Secret Tip 3, except bigger. CAUTION: Avoid hiding flammable objects here.
Time: 2.5 minutes

SECRET TIP 5: WASHING MACHINES & FREEZERS
Like Secret Tip 4, except even bigger.
Time: 3 minutes

SECRET TIP 6: DUST RUFFLES
No bed should be without one. Devotees of Martha Stewart believe dust ruffles exist to keep dust out from under a bed or to help coordinate the colorful look of a bedroom. The rest of us know a dust ruffle's highest and best use is to hide whatever you've managed to shove under the bed. (Refer to
Secret Tips 3, 4, 5.)
Time: 4 minutes

SECRET TIP 7: DUSTING
The 30-Minutes-To-A-Clean-House method says: Never dust under what you can dust around.
Time: 3 minutes

SECRET TIP 8: DISHES
Don't use them. Use plastic or paper and you won't have to.
Time: 1 minute

SECRET TIP 9: VACUUMING
Stick to the middle of the room, which is the only placepeople look. Don't bother vacuuming under furniture. It takes way too long and no one looks there anyway.
Time: 5 minutes, entire house; 2 minutes, living room only

SECRET TIP 10: LIGHTING
The key here is low, low, and lower. It's not only romantic, but bad lighting can hide a multitude of dirt.
Time: 10 seconds

SECRET TIP 11: BED MAKING
Get an old-fashioned waterbed. No one can tell if those things are made up or not, saving you hundreds of seconds over the course of a lifetime.
Time: 0

SECRET TIP 12: SHOWERS, TOILETS, AND SINKS
Forget one and two. Concentrate on three.
Time: 1 minute

SECRET TIP 13:
If you already knew at least 10 of these tips, don't even think about inviting a Martha Stewart type to your home.

Dead Duck

A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgery.
As she laid her pet duck Cuddles on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird’s chest.

After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly and said, “I’m so sorry, Cuddles has passed away.”

The distressed owner wailed, “Are you sure?”
“Yes, I am sure – the duck is dead,” he replied.
“How can you be so sure,” she protested. “I mean, you haven’t done any testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something?”

The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the room and returned a few moments later with a black Labrador retriever.

As the duck’s owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom. He then looked at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head.

The vet patted the dog and took it out and returned a few moments later with a beautiful cat.

The cat jumped up on the table and also sniffed delicately at the duck. The cat sat back on its haunches, shook its head, meowed softly and strolled out of the room.

The vet looked at the woman and said, “I’m sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely 100% certifiably, a dead duck”

Then the vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill, which he handed to the woman.

The duck’s owner, still in shock, took the bill.
“150”, she cried, “150 just to tell me my duck is dead?!!”

The vet shrugged………“I’m sorry, but if you’d taken my word for it, the bill would have been only 20, but what with the Lab Report and the CAT scan…...…..”

Another one!

It's amazing how these fetid stories jog your memory about poo.....

We all go to our local Rock/Metal night once a month, and the Gents has two cubicles with a typically flimsy connecting partition. The last time we went, for some alcoholic reason, some twat had decided to utterly destroy the partition, doors, the lot, so what was left were 2 toilet bowls free standing in full view of everyone doing a wee.

A good friend of mine in his drunken haze decides he needs a shit. In fact now I mention it, I'm not even sure he was that drunk....which makes the following even more disturbing. He sees the lack of shelter, and just thinks 'fuck it' and plonks his arse down anyway.

So all these people are going to relive their bladders, only to be greeted by the sight of a pissed 'Scotch' person wiping his arse in full view of everyone, the filthy minger....