Emil Koledin, Conspiracy to Defraud, Pennsylvania 2019

Hermitage Company and Owner Plead Guilty to Illegally Importing and Selling 'Brain Drugs'

PITTSBURGH - A resident of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, and a corporation, also from Hermitage, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

Emil Koledin, aka Butch, and Koledin Enterprises, Inc. pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud agencies of the United States before Senior United States District Judge Donetta W. Ambrose.

According to court documents, Koledin operated a business out of his Hermitage home called Koledin Enterprises, Inc., that sold various illegal drugs manufactured primarily in Russia and China through the website awakebrain.com. Koledin sold the drugs as 'nootripics', which he described as 'Smart drugs, memory enhancers, neuro exchangers, and intelligence enhancements.' He falsely represented these drugs as legal to sell in the United States.

The court was advised that these are drugs that were illegally imported into the United States and illegal to sell in the United States because they are not approved for sale by the Food and Drug Administration, the products do not contain the proper labeling, directions for use and warnings, and because they were manufactured in unapproved facilities.

Koledin sold the following illegal drugs: Adrafinil, aka Noofon; Bromantane; Coluracetam; Etifoxine, aka Stresam; Noopept; Piracetam, a/k/a Nootropil; Phenylpiracetam, aka Phenotropil; Sunifiram; Theanine; and Tianetine.

Judge Ambrose scheduled sentencing for October 7, 2019. For the conspiracy charge relating to Emil Koledin, the law provides for a total sentence of not more than five years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both. For the charge against Koledin Enterprises, Inc., the law provides for a total sentence of a fine of $500,000.

The Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations conducted the investigation that led to the prosecution of Koledin and Koledin Enterprises, Inc. Assistant United States Attorney Brendan T. Conway is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/pr/hermitage-company-and-its-owner-plead-guilty-illegally-importing-and-selling-brain