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Two men charged for distributing ‘hundreds of thousands’ of misbranded pills

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PROVIDENCE – Two local men have been charged in connection with the distribution of a misbranded drug from India in Rhode Island and the Northeast without FDA approval, U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island Sara Miron Bloom announced Wednesday. According to court documents, Jitender Behl, 74, of East Greenwich, imported hundreds of thousands of pills from

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Howard Schulman 08/07/2025 At 2:11 pm

The only question I have is if the placebo‘s actually worked.

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PROVIDENCE – Two local men have been charged in connection with the distribution of a misbranded drug from India in Rhode Island and the Northeast without FDA approval, U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island Sara Miron Bloom announced Wednesday. According to court documents, Jitender Behl, 74, of East Greenwich, imported hundreds of thousands of pills from India that contained the pharmaceutical ingredient sildenafil citrate, which is an active ingredient in FDA-approved prescription drugs prescribed for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. Behl allegedly repackaged the pills, marketed them as being an all-natural dietary supplement for erectile dysfunction under the brand names of “JMY,” which stands for “Just Me & You,” and distributed them to a wholesale distributor, Noor Inc., in Providence. According to court documents, Noor sold JMY to retail outlets in the Northeast, including Rhode Island and Massachusetts. FDA undercover agents allegedly purchased packages of “JMY” from retail outlets. JMY’s list of ingredients did not include the active pharmaceutical ingredient sildenafil and instead listed purported ingredients such as “White Willow Bark” and “Korean Ginseng,” among others. To date, law enforcement has seized more than 130,000 imported sildenafil pills and tablets, more than 650 grams of imported sildenafil soft gel capsules, and approximately 21,700 empty Mylar bags allegedly used for packaging the illicit product. Behl, who was arrested Wednesday on charges of, among others, receipt in interstate commerce of misbranded drugs and introducing misbranded drugs, made an initial appearance before a U.S. magistrate judge and was released on unsecured bond. Mahr Ahmed, 58, of Attleboro, owner of Noor, has been charged with introduction of misbranded drugs, to which court documents reflect Ahmed has agreed to plead guilty. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Dulce Donovan.