"Smiling Bob" Enhancement Company Set for Fraud Trial

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 defrauding consumers out of over $100 million.^[1]

Government lawyers have assert that they expect to call about 90 witnesses in a trial anticipated 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Federal criminal attorney Douglas McNabb has previously discussed mail fraud in his blog, which can be found here; he has also discussed the federal crime of wire fraud which can be found here; money laundering can be found here.

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^[1] Associated Press Staff, Enzyte Fraud Trial Set to Start, Associated Press Newswire, January 8, 2008, available at LEXIS, News Library, Wire News Services.
^[2] Id.
^[3] Id.