Prison for seller of fake erectile dysfunction drugs

A Canoga Park man who pleaded guilty to peddling counterfeit erectile dysfunction drugs has been sentenced to a year in prison and another year in home detention, federal authorities said Tuesday.

Barry Ronnel Johnson, 38, was sent to prison Monday by U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder, who also ordered home detention upon his release.

Johnson pleaded guilty in March to using Craigslist to peddle fake erectile dysfunction drugs from India and China after a probe by U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement.

"This sentence should serve as a stern warning for those selling counterfeit pharmaceuticals over the Internet," said Claude Arnold of the agency's Homeland Security Investigations, in a statement.

"Imposter drugs like these pose a serious threat to buyers who mistakenly assume (they're) safe."

In March 2011, federal agents at Los Angeles International Airport intercepted a package containing 1,700 counterfeit erectile dysfunction pills posted to Johnson's Canoga Park home.

He later sold 30 blue diamond-shaped tablets dubbed "Filagra" to an HSI undercover agent on Craigslist.

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Prison for seller of fake erectile dysfunction drugs