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this newspaper (reporter luo chengrui, correspondent shen weifan, qin xue) reports that after the prosecution was filed by the procuratorate of jiangbei new district, nanjing, jiangsu province, the court recently sentenced yu mou and 10 others to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from five years to four months of detention for the crime of obstructing drug management, and imposed fines totaling 11.3 million yuan. at the same time, all illegal gains of the individuals were recovered.

botulinum toxin, also known as botulinum toxin, has medical value in eliminating facial wrinkles, reducing muscle volume, and inhibiting sweat secretion, but there are only a few brands of botulinum toxin drugs approved nationwide. in april 2022, ms. wang, who lives in nanjing, spent 8,000 yuan to buy 10 bottles of a certain brand of "botulinum toxin type a for injection" from wechat businessman fan, and injected them into her face with saline according to the merchant's instructions.

"i felt nauseous and dizzy after using it. the seller told me that this was a normal reaction, but i still didn't dare to use it again. when i asked for a return, i found that i was blocked." after the adverse reaction, ms. wang called the police for help. at the same time, the public security organs also received clues from their superiors that someone was selling a large amount of counterfeit "botulinum toxin type a for injection" to the area through the internet. it turned out that ms. wang bought a counterfeit product.

in march 2023, the police targeted a pharmaceutical company in shandong and arrested more than 10 criminal suspects including yu mou. they seized 5 tons of various raw materials, 18 sets of production equipment, and more than 300,000 packaging tools on the spot, and seized nearly 30,000 bottles of botulinum toxin freeze-dried powder that had not yet been shipped out of the warehouse that day.

it is understood that the ex-factory price of botulinum toxin produced by regular manufacturers is generally between 800 yuan and 1,000 yuan, but the cost price of the naked bottle of botulinum toxin in this case is only 1.5 yuan, and the ex-factory price is only 20 yuan. after being sold at various price markups by middlemen, the price to consumers is as high as thousands of yuan.

"every transaction we made was done through wechat or alipay, and we deleted each other as friends after the transaction was completed. this was instructed by the big boss (yu)." cai, a defendant who was engaged in wechat business, told the investigators. because yu and others were worried about being investigated, they adopted a business model of not hoarding goods. the newly produced botulinum toxin freeze-dried powder injections must be shipped out on the same day.

after the case was transferred to the nanjing jiangbei new district procuratorate for review and prosecution, due to the large geographical span and large number of victims of the case, the prosecutors conducted their own supplementary investigation to obtain evidence. they conducted on-site investigations of the production workshops and storage warehouses, compared and determined the appearance, packaging materials and other standards of the botulinum toxin freeze-dried powder, and accurately calculated the amount of the crime.

after investigation, it was found that between 2022 and 2023, yu obtained a large amount of stock solution containing botulinum toxin through illegal means without relevant drug production approval documents. after being mixed by the cosmetics production company controlled by him, botulinum toxin freeze-dried powder injections that counterfeited other brands were produced and sold to more than 20 provinces including jiangsu, shanghai, zhejiang, and heilongjiang through layers of agents at a price of 20 yuan per bottle. the amount involved in the case was about 3.8 million yuan.

from the end of 2023 to this year, the nanjing jiangbei new district procuratorate successively filed public prosecutions against 10 people including a certain person for the crime of obstructing drug management. in june this year, all the persons involved in the case were sentenced to corresponding penalties.