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Algorem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:39 PM
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Enzyte Fraud Trial Set to Start
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/01/08/ap4507403.html
Associated Press 01.08.08, 1:25 PM ET


CINCINNATI -

Executives of a company known for the "Smiling Bob" ads that promote "natural male enhancement" are set to go on trial in an 111-count indictment that accuses them of bilking $100 million from consumers.

Government lawyers have said they expect to call about 90 witnesses in a trial expected to take about a month in which company president Steven Warshak, his mother and four other employees of Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals are accused of conspiracy to commit money laundering plus mail, wire and bank fraud.

Jury selection in U.S. District Court was scheduled to begin Tuesday.

Products made by Berkeley Nutraceuticals include vitamins, nutrients and Enzyte, a products whose television pitchman was a character called "Smiling Bob." The company claims Enzyte has 2 million users worldwide...

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cloudbase Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:39 PM
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1. Expect the defense to put up
stiff opposition.
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:40 PM
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2. Glad the government is rising to the occasion
(best pun I could come up with)
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lost-in-nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:44 PM
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3. Maybe they will
soften the sentence if
they don't have hard evidence

lost
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:45 PM
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4. You mean that stuff doesn't really work? I'm shocked!
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Bake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:46 PM
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5. What?? You mean that stuff doesn't work????
Dammit!!!!!

Bake
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:47 PM
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6. If there was a natural vitamin/nutrient that made dicks bigger, it would have been found
thousands of years ago.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:51 PM
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7. and, if it really worked
they'd have no need to advertise...
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GCP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:52 PM
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8. So true - ROFL
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:12 PM
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15. They did find it already
Beer. Brewed for maybe four millenia now.


A lot of guys turn into bigger dicks the more beer they drink.
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Algorem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:54 PM
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9. if it's a hung jury
Edited on Tue Jan-08-08 03:55 PM by Algorem
you'll be able to tell by the smug expressions on their faces
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:53 PM
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18. And who'd be up for that?
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:56 PM
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10. Please rise for His Honor...
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Vanje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:59 PM
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11. ....
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lost-in-nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:02 PM
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12. but I thought the
Smiling Bob commercials were genius....
a little weird.... but great


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8hyjEGkm-A

and this little gem... a spoof

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsSwcFumnQs



:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

lost
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:05 PM
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13. Hey, since ya mention it, haven't seen ol Big Bob on the tube in weeks
:woohoo:
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:09 PM
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14. One thing about the guys behind Enzyte
they don't dick around
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catmandu57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:25 PM
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16. I knew these guys were going to get in trouble
They should have stuck to internet spam.
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:51 PM
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17. It'll never stand up in court. (n/t)
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:59 PM
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19. I'd love to have a TV camera on the jury box for this trial.
It would be hilarious watching 12 people desperately trying to keep a straight face for a month during the expert testimony..
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 06:35 PM
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20. The government won't be able to wear them down.
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Z_I_Peevey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 06:44 PM
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21. Hang them.
Hang them low.
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dembotoz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:11 PM
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22. what next, no santa????
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