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Final Individual Sentenced In Illegal Steroid Conspiracy
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Tennessee
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – On December 6, 2017, Kari Carter, 27, of Johnson City, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, to serve four months in prison for her role in a large illegal steroid conspiracy in east Tennessee. Upon her release from prison, she will be supervised by U.S. Probation for three years.
Carter was the final of 22 defendants charged in this scheme to be sentenced. All pleaded guilty and received the following sentences:
|
Defendant Name, Age, Residence |
Prison Sentence |
Supervised Release |
Probation |
Monetary Judgement |
Forfeited Property |
|
Joel Pasternak, 28, Johnson City, Tennessee |
108 months |
3 years |
|
$2.8 million |
|
|
Edward Pasternak, 59, Newport, Tennessee |
36 months |
3 years |
|
$100,000 (jointly with Lori Pasternak) |
$68,866 cash and property valued at $80,000 |
|
Thomas Hensley Maxwell, 28, Johnson City, Tennessee |
30 months |
3 years |
|
$63,000 |
|
|
Daniel Boston, 33, Versailles, Kentucky |
27 months |
3 years |
|
$17,064 |
|
|
Heath Kershaw, 37, Fleetwood, North Carolina |
21 months |
3 years |
|
$50,000 |
|
|
John Allen, 32, Seminole, Florida |
18 months |
3 years |
|
$35,000 |
|
|
Lori Pasternak, 52, Newport, Tennessee |
12 months + 1 day |
3 years |
|
$100,000 (jointly with Edward Pasternak) |
$68,866 cash and property valued at $80,000 |
|
Matfey Lisovoy, 29, Knoxville, Tennessee |
15 months |
3 years |
|
$40,000 |
|
|
Nathan Urrutia, 34, Madison Heights, Michigan |
15 months |
3 years |
|
$30,000 |
$20,840 cash |
|
Christopher Jones, 37, Pawtucket, Rhode Island |
37 months |
3 years |
|
$121,745 |
|
|
Glen Jenkins, 31, Knoxville, Tennessee |
4 months |
3 years |
|
$4300 |
|
|
William Gallant, 34, Sevierville, Tennessee |
90 days |
3 years |
|
$33,000 |
|
|
Richard Hensley, 34, Memphis, Tennessee |
|
|
5 years |
$61,000 |
|
|
Jared Pasternak, 23, Newport, Tennessee |
|
|
5 years |
$10,000 |
$4680 cash |
|
Joshua Pasternak, 32, Sevierville, Tennessee |
|
|
5 years |
$10,000 |
|
|
Michael VanLeeuewen, 36, Memphis, Tennessee |
|
|
4 years |
|
|
|
Abigail Chester, 32, Farmington, New Mexico |
|
|
4 years |
$36,650 |
|
|
Mitchell Free, 32, Lula, Georgia |
|
|
4 years |
$17,542 |
|
|
Lauren Dean, 27, Jonesborough, Tennessee |
2 days |
|
4 years |
|
|
|
Pamela Little, 28, Kingsport, Tennessee |
|
|
3 years |
$8000 |
|
|
Lindsey Smallman, 25, Johnson City, Tennessee |
|
|
3 years |
$8000 |
|
This scheme involved importing raw steroid powders shipped in misbranded packaging from China and other countries, which were converted to liquid, pill, and tablet form and marketed via the internet using the Incredible Hulk image and the name Hulkbody. Customers purchased the steroid products by sending money to Western Union, MoneyGram, and Walmart-to-Walmart Money Transfer using false identities. Over a three-year period, the Pasternak drug organization operated five different clandestine steroids labs in the Johnson City area, derived more than $2.8 million in criminal proceeds, engaged in thousands of sales transactions, and involved a total of 22 co-conspirators. Law enforcement officers found what is described as one of the largest clandestine steroids lab in the United States as part of the investigation.
Agencies involved in this investigation included the Drug Enforcement Administration, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Helen C.T. Smith and Frank M. Dale, Jr., represented the United States in court proceedings.
Contact
Sharry Dedman-Beard
Public Information Officer
sharry.dedman-beard@usdoj.gov
865.225.1671
Updated December 7, 2017
Topic
Drug Trafficking