A Tennessee man, who owns Rat’s Army, a Kalispell-based business, has pleaded guilty to a federal crime. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Montana, announced the guilty plea on January 10th. The man was accused of producing and selling unapproved bodybuilding drugs.
Tyler Jordan Hall, a 31-year-old resident of Greenville, has confessed to the U.S. attorney’s office that he unlawfully introduced unapproved drugs into interstate commerce. Hall may be sentenced to a maximum of three years in prison, fined up to $250,000, and subjected to one year of supervised release.
According to the U.S. attorney’s office, court documents reveal that Hall was running Rat’s Army, LLC from June 2020 to March 2022. During this time, he was involved in importing, manufacturing, bottling, and labeling drugs specifically targeted towards the bodybuilding and fitness community.
The department stated that the substances were designed to enhance muscle mass, decrease body fat, and mitigate the adverse effects of other bodybuilding medications.
According to the office, prosecutors have accused Hall of distributing unapproved drugs containing Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMs) and other active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) across the country.
Hall’s business made approximately $3.8 million in revenue, which came from the sale of drugs such as Raloxifene, Tamoxifen, and Pramipexole, according to the office.
The U.S. attorney’s office accused Hall of deceiving regulatory agencies, including the FDA, by knowingly mislabeling products as “research chemicals” and “not for human consumption,” even though they were actually intended for human use.
The department also accused Hall of posting deceptive Certificates of Analysis on the Rat’s Army website to give the illusion that the products were genuine.
The department has confirmed that consumers were further misled by claims that Rat’s Army products did not require prescriptions, doctors, or pharmacists.
According to the U.S. attorney’s office, Hall promoted his business as a “pharmaceutical manufacturing” company, even though he was not a licensed pharmacist and did not register the operation with the FDA.