Jon Stidham, a 57-year-old man from McClelland, Iowa, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for selling thousands of doses of controlled substances and misbranded prescription drugs.
A United States District Court judge in Cedar Rapids sentenced Stidham to 15 months imprisonment, fined him $7,500, and ordered him to forfeit $527,510 in drug proceeds.
Stidham operated a business called Kennel Supply, LLC, which provided a variety of items used for the operation of kennels and the care of farm animals at a brick-and-mortar location. However, on the Internet, Kennel Supply sold controlled substances and non-controlled prescription drugs that require prescriptions to lawfully dispense to the ultimate user.
From 2015 through October 12, 2018, Stidham distributed and sold over 300,000 doses of methyltestosterone, a controlled substance, without valid prescriptions, profiting $324,303. During that same time-period, Stidham illegally distributed over 50 types of misbranded prescription drugs without a valid prescription or authorization, and illegally profited $203,207.
Stidham was released on the bond previously set and is to surrender to the Bureau of Prisons on a date yet to be set.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Patrick J. Reinert and was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Food & Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigation, and Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.
The case file number is 21-CR-01036.
Key Facts
- State: Iowa
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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