Two Men in Their 40s Sentenced for Illegal Distribution and Sale of Adult Medicines Including Viagra

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[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Min Jun-young] Two men in their 40s who illegally distributed and sold adult pharmaceuticals such as Viagra on the internet were sentenced to prison in the first trial.

The Ulsan District Court Criminal Division 2 (Judge Yoo Jung-woo) announced on the 29th that A (47), who was prosecuted for violating the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act and the Electronic Financial Transactions Act, was sentenced to 2 years in prison, and B (40) was sentenced to 1 year in prison.

The court also applied the same charges to accomplice C (42), sentencing him to 8 months in prison with a 2-year probation and ordering 80 hours of community service.

The court stated the sentencing reasons, saying, "Considering the large quantity and amount of adult pharmaceuticals distributed by the defendants, and the fact that they appear to have obtained significant economic benefits from this. In particular, A committed the crime during a recidivism period due to other crimes and led the crime by involving B and C and dividing roles among them."

They were previously prosecuted on charges of delivering and selling adult pharmaceuticals worth 149 million KRW, including Viagra, to customers a total of about 3,140 times through an online adult pharmaceutical sales site from July last year to April this year.

Additionally, they opened an adult pharmaceutical sales site themselves in August last year and sold pharmaceuticals 27 times.

C was also prosecuted together for assisting the crime by handling pharmaceutical packaging and delivery or preparing dummy bank accounts.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.