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It was only a matter of time. Wonder if Bonds will keep saying he is clean LOL.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Barry Bonds' personal trainer, a track coach and top executives of a San Francisco-area nutritional supplements lab were charged Thursday with running an illegal drug distribution operation.
The 42-count federal indictment returned by a grand jury in San Francisco and obtained by The Associated Press alleges the scheme provided anabolic steroids, human growth hormone, EPO and other drugs to major league baseball and NFL players, as well as track and field stars.
None of the athletes was charged and none was named in the court documents.
A news conference was scheduled for later Thursday at Justice Department headquarters to announce the indictments. Attorney General John Ashcroft was expected to be joined by Food and Drug Administration commissioner Mark McClellan, Internal Revenue Service commissioner Mark Everson and California law enforcement officials.
The indictment names as defendants Victor Conte Jr., the president and chief executive officer of the Bay Area Lab Cooperative, or BALCO, and its vice-president, James J. Valente. Also indicted were Bonds' personal trainer, Greg F. Anderson, and track coach Remi Korchemny.
The charges include conspiracy to distribute steroids, possession of human growth hormone, misbranding drugs with intent to defraud and money laundering.
According to the indictment, the four were involved in the scheme between December 2001 and Sept. 3, 2003, in which steroids were distributed to athletes on six different occasions.
One steroid, called The Cream, included a substance that masked an athlete's use of the drug during testing. Another, called The Clear, was sold to the athletes as a substance that would provide steroid-like effects without causing a positive drug test.
The defendants allegedly hid their activities by using false names on mailing labels and by referring to the drugs using a coded shorthand. In addition, authorities say the men provided the athletes with cover stories.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Barry Bonds' personal trainer, a track coach and top executives of a San Francisco-area nutritional supplements lab were charged Thursday with running an illegal drug distribution operation.
The 42-count federal indictment returned by a grand jury in San Francisco and obtained by The Associated Press alleges the scheme provided anabolic steroids, human growth hormone, EPO and other drugs to major league baseball and NFL players, as well as track and field stars.
None of the athletes was charged and none was named in the court documents.
A news conference was scheduled for later Thursday at Justice Department headquarters to announce the indictments. Attorney General John Ashcroft was expected to be joined by Food and Drug Administration commissioner Mark McClellan, Internal Revenue Service commissioner Mark Everson and California law enforcement officials.
The indictment names as defendants Victor Conte Jr., the president and chief executive officer of the Bay Area Lab Cooperative, or BALCO, and its vice-president, James J. Valente. Also indicted were Bonds' personal trainer, Greg F. Anderson, and track coach Remi Korchemny.
The charges include conspiracy to distribute steroids, possession of human growth hormone, misbranding drugs with intent to defraud and money laundering.
According to the indictment, the four were involved in the scheme between December 2001 and Sept. 3, 2003, in which steroids were distributed to athletes on six different occasions.
One steroid, called The Cream, included a substance that masked an athlete's use of the drug during testing. Another, called The Clear, was sold to the athletes as a substance that would provide steroid-like effects without causing a positive drug test.
The defendants allegedly hid their activities by using false names on mailing labels and by referring to the drugs using a coded shorthand. In addition, authorities say the men provided the athletes with cover stories.
