PAKISTANIS INDICTED IN USA FOR RUNNING ILLICIT WEB-BASED MEDICINE SALE SYSTEM
December 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A FEDERAL American grand jury has indicted two Pakistanis on charges alleging they operated Internet sites that illegally shipped pharmaceuticals from Britain and Pakistan to customers worldwide, including the USA. The charges allege that since 2005 Sheikh Waseem Ul Haq, 39, and Tahir Saeed, 50, illegally shipped USD2 million of pharmaceuticals, selling nearly USD780,000 in the USA.
They were arrested in an international police operation. They were tracked through Germany to Britain, and arrested near Heathrow Airport. They were subsequently ...
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