Arizona Shuts Down Firm in Alleged Penis Pill Scam - GoFuckYourself.com

Smegma · 05-29-2002, 08:10 PM

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PHOENIX (Reuters) - Authorities have shut down a local company and seized $30 million of its assets for allegedly selling bogus penile enlargement pills over the Internet, state officials said on Wednesday.

C.P. Direct, based in Scottsdale, Arizona, was put out of business and its Web sites closed following complaints about the company and its product that promised results within months of taking its supposedly potent yet costly "Longitude" pill, officials said.

Among the items seized were luxury cars, including a Lamborghini, Rolls Royce, Ferrari and Bentley, $20 million in bank accounts, $3 million in cash and a bounty of luxury jewelry, according to a list of the items.

Company officials could not be reached for comment.

The initial cost of the pills was $59.99, plus shipping and handling for a month's supply and $39.99 a month thereafter. Records showed the pills cost $2.50 per bottle to manufacture.

The company also allegedly sold pills that supposedly guaranteed height increases and bigger breasts, officials said.

"It's going to take time to find out how many people bought the pills," said Pati Urias, a state Attorney General's spokeswoman. "It appears they did quite a bit of volume."

Named in the civil forfeiture action was Michael A. Consoli, 44, and his mother, Geraldine Consoli, 76, and Vincent J. Passafiume, 28.

The three were warned by the state in 1996 about fraudulent practices when they operated a business that sold computers and other electronic equipment. In 1999, the Consolis and Passafiume were barred from doing business in Arizona through the mail, Internet or using other telecommunication devices.

mike503 · 05-29-2002, 08:12 PM

were they in trouble because they were banned from doing business over the net and shit, or because they promised results (just like all penis pills do..?)

i've seen their ads. i think one was in this month's maxim. laughed my ass off. penis pills to enlarge your penis and you may win a fancy car (so people can talk about how you're making up for a small penis...)

boneprone · 05-29-2002, 08:20 PM

this particualr pill-company is the one that is always on late night TV on the E! Channel with the "Former Penthouse Pet"

Im glad i wont seeing that annoying TV ad anymore

foe · 05-29-2002, 08:21 PM

So they shut one down, there are thousands of companies like this one on the net offering shit from bogus penis enlargers to bogus weed.

boneprone · 05-29-2002, 08:23 PM

maybe they will crack down on all of em soon.

boneprone · 05-29-2002, 08:23 PM

First Dialers now Penis Pills.

Time for the Jesus Penis Pill to make a comeback and save the industry.

hottshot · 05-29-2002, 08:31 PM

I recieved a letter from one of there lawyers with a cease and disist order because I had a few domains with the word longitude in them . I guess I can start using them again

FlyingIguana · 05-29-2002, 09:25 PM

so does this mean the end of penis enlargement pills?

Brown Bear · 05-29-2002, 09:34 PM

Is it www.longtitudecapsules.com ?

beemk · 05-29-2002, 09:36 PM

looks to me like they were busted because they were in trouble before and werent allowed to do mail oder business. if thats right and that was the case, how fucking stupid of them to not just move to a different state. they were making some serious bank and blew it all because they did something they were warned not to do?

Pipecrew · 05-29-2002, 09:38 PM

yeah they got ads in all the magazines, like 3 pagers, good for those fuckers!

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Smegma Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,751	Arizona Shuts Down Firm in Alleged Penis Pill Scam http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...lth_pills_dc_1 PHOENIX (Reuters) - Authorities have shut down a local company and seized $30 million of its assets for allegedly selling bogus penile enlargement pills over the Internet, state officials said on Wednesday. C.P. Direct, based in Scottsdale, Arizona, was put out of business and its Web sites closed following complaints about the company and its product that promised results within months of taking its supposedly potent yet costly "Longitude" pill, officials said. Among the items seized were luxury cars, including a Lamborghini, Rolls Royce, Ferrari and Bentley, $20 million in bank accounts, $3 million in cash and a bounty of luxury jewelry, according to a list of the items. Company officials could not be reached for comment. The initial cost of the pills was $59.99, plus shipping and handling for a month's supply and $39.99 a month thereafter. Records showed the pills cost $2.50 per bottle to manufacture. The company also allegedly sold pills that supposedly guaranteed height increases and bigger breasts, officials said. "It's going to take time to find out how many people bought the pills," said Pati Urias, a state Attorney General's spokeswoman. "It appears they did quite a bit of volume." Named in the civil forfeiture action was Michael A. Consoli, 44, and his mother, Geraldine Consoli, 76, and Vincent J. Passafiume, 28. The three were warned by the state in 1996 about fraudulent practices when they operated a business that sold computers and other electronic equipment. In 1999, the Consolis and Passafiume were barred from doing business in Arizona through the mail, Internet or using other telecommunication devices.

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