Luxury cars, cash and jewellery worth over $30 million have been
seized by officials from individuals running a company in Arizona
that sold bogus penile enlargement pills over the internet. Its web
sites have been closed.
The business sold pills called “Longitude,” which claimed to
permanently enlarge the penis 1-3 inches, or larger if taken for a
longer time, netting permanent results within months. The web site
offered testimonials, purported before and after photographs and
endorsements from magazines and national shock-jock Howard
Stern.
The company’s web sites have been closed by a receiver appointed
by Arizona’s Superior Court. The receiver will use the seized
property to pay restitution to the victims.
The company’s web site also guaranteed growth at home by taking
the supplement “without pumps, weights or surgery” and offered to
refund customers’ money, including shipping fees, if they were not
satisfied.
A one-month bottle of Longitude cost $59.95 plus shipping and
handling for the first month, then $39.95 thereafter. The company
only paid about $2.50 per bottle for the pills. In addition to the
Longitude product, the company also sold pills guaranteed to
increase female breast size by 2-3 cup sizes in a matter of
months.
Luxury houses, eight Mercedes cars, a Cadillac, a Lamborghini, a
Rolls Royce, a Ferrari and a Bentley were seized, together with
more than $20 million in bank accounts, nearly $3 million in cash
and “a trove of luxury jewellery,” according to the Attorney
General of Arizona, Janet Napolitano.
