Timothy Terrance DeJoris, Importing and Distributing Mislabeled Erectile Dysfunction Drug, Florida 2021

A Ponte Vedra man has been convicted and sentenced for importing and distributing a mislabeled erectile dysfunction drug. Timothy Terrance DeJoris, 42, was sentenced to six months’ probation and a $2,500 fine by U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia D. Barksdale.

According to the plea agreement, on June 18, 2019, agents from U.S. Customs and Border Protection intercepted two large packages that had been shipped from China. Each package was found to contain a barrel of blue capsules. An invoice for one of the barrels claimed that the capsules contained ‘Shiitake Mushroom Extract.’ The packages were addressed to ‘Dr. Seltzer, LLC, Tim DeJoris’ at an address in Ponte Vedra. The capsules were tested and found to contain sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra and other prescription medications used to treat erectile dysfunction in men.

A search of a CPB database reflected that a similar shipment, described in the same way, had been delivered to DeJoris from the same supplier in China on June 11, 2019. The investigation discovered a website with the address of ‘hardonhelper.com’ that sold ‘Dr. Seltzer’s Hard-On Helper,’ which was claimed to be a ‘100% Natural Male Enhancement Dietary Supplement.’ The product was also being sold on Amazon and eBay, as well as at Adam and Eve adult stores in the Jacksonville area.

Records obtained from Amazon reflected that, for the period of January 1 through August 6, 2019, there were 8,043 sales of the capsules for a total of $453,413.07. When investigators questioned DeJoris about the shipments, he said that he had paid $4,000 for each shipment of 50,000 capsules. Investigators seized over 25,000 capsules from DeJoris and his business partner.

‘The importation of illegal, dangerous and/or mislabeled drugs is not only a crime, but it is a danger to the communities that we live in,’ said HSI Jacksonville Assistant Special Agent in Charge K. Jim Phillips. ‘This criminal thought he could circumvent our nation’s laws by doing just that.’

This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, Customs and Border Protection, the Food and Drug Administration – Office of Criminal Investigations, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) Tri-County Narcotics Task Force. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Arnold B. Corsmeier.

The exact criminal charges against DeJoris were not specified in the report. However, he was found guilty of importing and distributing a mislabeled erectile dysfunction drug. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Arnold B. Corsmeier.

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