David Winsauer, of Delray Beach, FL, entered the plea in a case brought in 2019 by the US Food and Drug Administatino working in concert with the Department of Justice that alleged that employees of Blackstone Labs conspired to sell products marketed as dietary supplements that contained banned ingredients such as anabolic steroids, SARMs (selective androgen receptor modulators) and other illegal ingredients.
Winsauer, 32, worked from 2014 to 2018 for Blackstone Labs, which was based in Boca Raton. According to court filings, Winsauer admitted that he worked with other defendants named in the orginal filings to portray the company’s products as being compliant with federal law when in fact they knew the formulas contained the banned ingredients.
Winsauer admitted that members of the conspiracy also w0rked to continue to sell the products under the radar, including by removing information about illegal products from online marketing to create the false impression that they were no longer selling those products.
Winsauer faces up to five years in federal prison. Another defendant on the orignial indictment, Robert DiMaggio, 49, of Henderson, NV, has also pleaded guilty and faced similar potential penalties to Winsauer.
The orignal indictment listed four other co-conspirators: Phillip Braun, 38, of Boca Raton, Florida, Aaron Singerman, 39, of Delray Beach, Florida, Anthony Ventrella, 41, of Boynton Beach, Florida and James Boccuzzi, 34, of Parkland, Florida. The trial date is set for Oct. 21, 2021.