Show-Me State Times

Three individuals have admitted guilt in a federal court in St. Louis for their involvement in the sale of anabolic steroids. David Underwood, aged 44, entered a guilty plea on Thursday to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute anabolic steroids. Earlier, Andrew Moore, 39, pleaded guilty to the same charge on Monday. Jeffrey Swanson, 33, from Edwardsville, Illinois, had already pleaded guilty in April to two counts of the same offense and received a sentence of 13 months imprisonment in July.

According to their plea agreements, Swanson began distributing anabolic steroids via Facebook with a partner in November 2018. By mid-2019, he partnered with Moore to sell steroids through a Facebook page named "SP Online," also known as "SP Pharma." They procured raw steroids which they processed and packaged for retail distribution. Customers ordered from an online menu and typically paid by mailing cash; subsequently, Moore and Swanson mailed out the steroids.

An undercover officer made several purchases from Moore during this operation. On one occasion, Moore disclosed that he bought approximately one kilogram of raw product at once.

In May 2020 approximately, Underwood joined forces with Swanson to create another Facebook page titled "LLL Online" under the brand "Lay Low Labs" following similar operations as SP Online. Later on, Underwood assumed control over LLL Online while continuing steroid sales independently; meanwhile Swanson continued his own sales efforts.

Throughout this investigation authorities discovered thousands of orders placed through each respective page operated by these individuals. Notably Swanson admitted responsibility for more than 60 thousand units either directly or indirectly linked through co-conspirators' actions deemed foreseeable by him; whereas Underwood accepted accountability ranging between twenty thousand up till forty thousand units whilst Moore acknowledged responsibility concerning forty thousand extending upwards towards sixty thousand units overall.

The case was investigated by multiple agencies including Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA) along Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations division who were assisted further prosecutorially via Assistant United States Attorney Stephen Casey overseeing proceedings throughout all stages involved therein ultimately culminating part Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force initiative tasked identifying disrupting dismantling highest-level criminal organizations threatening nation employing prosecutor-led intelligence-driven multi-agency approach.

More details regarding OCDETF program are available at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.