Anthony Bosch Biogenesis & PED: Disgraced Drug Distributor Arrested
A year ago today, Major League Baseball handed down suspensions to more than 12 players involved in the Biogenesis scandal that was related to using performance enhancing drugs. Tuesday morning, federal Drug Enforcement Agents were able to round up evidence that led to charges of the former leader of Biogenesis, Anthony Bosch.
Tuesday morning, Bosch and several others were rounded up in the predawn hours in their Florida homes and brought into custody by the DEA.
Bosch will plead guilty to conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids. The charges don't relate to just distributing the steroids to MLB players. In fact, it is suspected that he was even supplying high school kids with illegal substances. Sources told CBS News that Bosch made a deal to plead guilty to the charges.
Bosch operated the Biogenesis clinic in South Florida. He became a key informant for the MLB in investigating players' possible usage of PEDs from his clinic.
In a "60 Minutes" interview, Bosch said that he supplied New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez with testosterone, human growth hormone (HGH) and other banned substances from 2010-2012.
Major League Baseball tried to suspend Rodriguez for 211 games, but it was reduced to 162 games (the entire 2014 MLB season).
Bosch faces up to 10 years in prison, but as ESPN T.J. Quinn reports, it's highly unlikely he'll see that much time.
Quinn reports that 10 people were arrested, including one of Alex Rodriguez's cousins, Yuri Sucart. In the past, Rodriguez has said that Sucart was providing him with the PEDs and encouraging him to use them. Last year, Sucart filed a $5 million lawsuit against Rodriguez.
Sucart's attorney Jeffrey Cox said he was still collecting information on his client's arrest and case and declined to comment.
Among the others charged were Carlos Javier Acevedo, 35, of Miami; Jorge Augustine Velazquez, 43, of Miami; Christopher Benjamin Engroba, 25, of Miami; Lazaro Daniel Collazo, 50, of Hialeah; and Juan Carlos Nuñez, 48, of Fort Lauderdale.
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