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In July 2015, federal agents executed five federal warrants, including four in Johnson City and one at the Pasternak home at 160 Country Path Road in Newport. In Johnson City, the agents found a large-scale manufacturing lab, thousands of vials of steroids, 19 kilograms of steroid powder, a marijuana operation, weapons and electronic devices. At the Newport home, the agents found cash, computers and thumb drives, including some electronic media in a creek on the property.
As part of their searches, agents seized 71 kilograms of 27 different types of Schedule III anabolic steroids. Also at the Johnson City homes, the agents found various powders, vials, weapons and electronic media. Their investigation also included interviews with several in the scheme, along with seizing a boat in Gray, Tenn. owned by Joel Pasternak.
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GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) – A federal judge has sentenced five members of the Pasternak family from Newport, Tennessee in a steroid drug conspiracy case.
There were 22 defendants in all connected to the steroid ring.
But it was run by the Pasternak family…59 year old Edward Stanly Pasternak, former pastor of Life and Praise Worship Center, his 52 year old wife, Lori and their 3 sons.
The middle son, 28 year old Joel, was the ringleader.
He got a sentence of 108 months in prison.
His dad was sentenced to 36 months and his mom got a year.
The other brothers got just four days in prison plus probation.
Prosecutors will also collect fines, real estate, cars and boats, all bought with steroid money.
Prosecutors say the ring imported raw steroid powders from China and other countries, converted them to pills or liquid, and marketed them online.
They used the Incredible Hulk image and named their product Hulkbody.
“Customers purchased the steroid products by sending money to Western Union, MoneyGram, and Walmart-to-Walmart Money Transfer using false identities.”
Prosecutors say the family operated five clandestine steroid labs in the Johnson City area.
They made thousands of transactions and pocketed $2.8 million in the process.
Federal investigators say they operated one of the largest illegal steroids labs in the U.S.
In July 2015, federal agents executed five federal warrants, including four in Johnson City and one at the Pasternak home at 160 Country Path Road in Newport. In Johnson City, the agents found a large-scale manufacturing lab, thousands of vials of steroids, 19 kilograms of steroid powder, a marijuana operation, weapons and electronic devices. At the Newport home, the agents found cash, computers and thumb drives, including some electronic media in a creek on the property.
As part of their searches, agents seized 71 kilograms of 27 different types of Schedule III anabolic steroids. Also at the Johnson City homes, the agents found various powders, vials, weapons and electronic media. Their investigation also included interviews with several in the scheme, along with seizing a boat in Gray, Tenn. owned by Joel Pasternak.
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GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) – A federal judge has sentenced five members of the Pasternak family from Newport, Tennessee in a steroid drug conspiracy case.
There were 22 defendants in all connected to the steroid ring.
But it was run by the Pasternak family…59 year old Edward Stanly Pasternak, former pastor of Life and Praise Worship Center, his 52 year old wife, Lori and their 3 sons.
The middle son, 28 year old Joel, was the ringleader.
He got a sentence of 108 months in prison.
His dad was sentenced to 36 months and his mom got a year.
The other brothers got just four days in prison plus probation.
Prosecutors will also collect fines, real estate, cars and boats, all bought with steroid money.
Prosecutors say the ring imported raw steroid powders from China and other countries, converted them to pills or liquid, and marketed them online.
They used the Incredible Hulk image and named their product Hulkbody.
“Customers purchased the steroid products by sending money to Western Union, MoneyGram, and Walmart-to-Walmart Money Transfer using false identities.”
Prosecutors say the family operated five clandestine steroid labs in the Johnson City area.
They made thousands of transactions and pocketed $2.8 million in the process.
Federal investigators say they operated one of the largest illegal steroids labs in the U.S.
