Hi-Tech CEO Wheat Arrested In FDA Investigation Of Steroid-Spiked Supplements

Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals CEO Jared Wheat and an associate face 18 criminal charges in federal court alleging they falsified FDA documents and distributed as supplements products containing steroid ingredient. Wheat is appealing the indictment to federal circuit court.

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The latest federal enforcement against Jared Wheat, CEO of sports nutrition firm Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals Inc., follows an FDA investigation that led to 18 criminal charges linked to allegedly distributing steroid-spiked supplements and falsifying regulatory compliance documents.

Wheat and Hi-Tech manufacturing chief John Schopp were arrested Oct. 4 on a criminal action opened in US District...

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