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0 7 - 0 5 - 2 0 0 5 Tucson man convicted of distributing steroids around the country
KVOA.com A Tucson man has been convicted of 73 felony counts in connection with a massive steroid distribution operation. Aaron Habben, age 30, was bringing in steroids from China and distributing them around the country. "He had customers in 47 states and in the District of Columbia," says U.S. Attorney Serra Tsethlikai, who helped prosecute Habben. Habben was having the steroids sent from China to two separate shipping stores in Oro Valley where he had personal mail boxes. Authorities caught onto Habben when customs inspected one of the packages. Federal agents later raided his Oro Valley home, and found thousands of anabolic steroid pills, 15 false identification cards, overseas bank account receipts, and $64,000 in cash, which Habben tried to bribe agents with. Habben was booked into Florence Prison, where he remains, but even during his incarceration, the Department of Justice says Habben was using his mother and ex-girlfriend in Nebraska to conduct illegal transactions for him. "Aaron Habben was directing them to put the money in stock options and trading houses," Tsethlikai says. Habben will be sentenced in December. He faces more than 10 years in prison but Habben's attorney says he will appeal the conviction. 2 8 - 0 1 - 2 0 0 6 Man gets 10 years in prison for steroid sales, bribery try
THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR A Tucson man was sentenced Friday to more than 10 years in prison after being found guilty of conspiracy to distribute steroids, money laundering and bribery. Aaron Habben, 35, was arrested after U.S. customs officials found packages filled with anabolic steroids that were being shipped to mailboxes in Tucson from China in February 2002, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Federal agents watched the mailboxes and identified Habben. A search warrant served on his house turned up thousands of pills of anabolic steroids, gallons of liquid anabolic steroids, 15 false identification cards and $64,000 hidden in a dresser. According to authorities, Habben offered the money to the agents in exchange for his freedom. After he was arrested, they say he continued selling steroids using others as intermediaries Habben was found guilty of 73 felony counts in September. He was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Cindy Jorgenson to 130 months. |
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[Definitie:] "An ergogenic aid is any substance or phenomenon that enhances performance."
(Wilmore and Costill) 
