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August 23, 2003 -- Two former Columbia University fraternity brothers have been busted for selling club drugs and bodybuilding steroids through a Web-based business that used an Internet account issued by the Ivy League school, court papers show.
Brian Raupp, 26, began taking orders at several of his personal e-mail accounts for ketamine and anabolic steroids while a student at Columbia last fall, and continued doing so until last May, according to a Manhattan federal court complaint.
One of the accounts he allegedly used was [email protected] - which was issued by the university - while the others used a pseudonym, the complaint said.
Last November, Raupp completed serving two years' probation after having pleaded guilty in 2000 to conspiring to distribute steroids, court records show.
In that case, he told a Manhattan federal court judge he was an athlete who had sold another athlete the muscle-enhancing drugs.
In the latest crime, Raupp allegedly told drug purchasers to send money to an address he maintained at a Mailboxes Etc. outlet in Morningside Heights - near Columbia's campus - and then he arranged for ketamine and steroids to be sent to the buyers.
The drugs allegedly went to customers in the New York metropolitan area and Florida.
One of his alleged co-conspirators and drug shippers was 23-year-old David Pruitt, another former Columbia student who, like his fraternity brother Raupp, lives in southern California.
Both Raupp - who moved west after the alleged drug ring began operation - and Pruitt were arrested at their homes Thursday.
Two 28-year-old Old Bridge, N.J., residents - Carlos Covian and Brandon D'Amico - also were charged with conspiring with the Ivy Leaguers to distribute the drugs.
If convicted, the men each face up to 20 years in prison and a possible $2 million fine.
The federal Drug Enforcement Administration said the drug ring received thousands of vials of ketamine and steroids each week from Mexico.
Old Bolex owner popped....
August 23, 2003 -- Two former Columbia University fraternity brothers have been busted for selling club drugs and bodybuilding steroids through a Web-based business that used an Internet account issued by the Ivy League school, court papers show.
Brian Raupp, 26, began taking orders at several of his personal e-mail accounts for ketamine and anabolic steroids while a student at Columbia last fall, and continued doing so until last May, according to a Manhattan federal court complaint.
One of the accounts he allegedly used was [email protected] - which was issued by the university - while the others used a pseudonym, the complaint said.
Last November, Raupp completed serving two years' probation after having pleaded guilty in 2000 to conspiring to distribute steroids, court records show.
In that case, he told a Manhattan federal court judge he was an athlete who had sold another athlete the muscle-enhancing drugs.
In the latest crime, Raupp allegedly told drug purchasers to send money to an address he maintained at a Mailboxes Etc. outlet in Morningside Heights - near Columbia's campus - and then he arranged for ketamine and steroids to be sent to the buyers.
The drugs allegedly went to customers in the New York metropolitan area and Florida.
One of his alleged co-conspirators and drug shippers was 23-year-old David Pruitt, another former Columbia student who, like his fraternity brother Raupp, lives in southern California.
Both Raupp - who moved west after the alleged drug ring began operation - and Pruitt were arrested at their homes Thursday.
Two 28-year-old Old Bridge, N.J., residents - Carlos Covian and Brandon D'Amico - also were charged with conspiring with the Ivy Leaguers to distribute the drugs.
If convicted, the men each face up to 20 years in prison and a possible $2 million fine.
The federal Drug Enforcement Administration said the drug ring received thousands of vials of ketamine and steroids each week from Mexico.
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