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LegitScript profiled in The Oregonian
A couple of weeks ago, The Oregonian profiled LegitScript in an article entitled, “Portland firm watchdogs online pharmacies for investigators and firms like Google.” The article began by profiling Patricia Parks, a patient on Social Security who watches every dollar. … Continue reading
Internet.bs: Spamhaus weighs in; pharmacy regulators call for ICANN to act
Following LegitScript’s report from earlier this week, in which ICANN-accredited Internet.bs was identified as helping undercover researchers posing as a rogue online pharmacy network register domain names to sell fake medicines and prescription drugs without a prescription, the National Association … Continue reading
“Offshore” Internet.bs Scrambling to Cover Tracks In Wake of Report
In the wake of LegitScript’s recent report on the company, Internet.bs is scrambling to cover its tracks. The report estimated that Internet.bs is the Registrar for 33% to 44% of all non-spam rogue online pharmacy domain names, and showed how … Continue reading
Report: Internet.bs Supporting Pharma Cybercrime, Bogus Prescription Drug Trade
Here’s a riddle: How can a Registrar with only 0.2% global domain name market share have become the Registrar for between 33% and 44% of all non-spam rogue online pharmacies? That’s the question that our report on Internet.bs sought to … Continue reading
Getting off LegitScript’s “rogue” list – it isn’t difficult
If you’re an Internet pharmacy and are on LegitScript’s “rogue” (or, alternatively, “unapproved”) Internet pharmacy list, how can you get off it? It’s not hard. You just need to be in compliance with the laws and regulations where you operate, … Continue reading
LegitScript Study: DEA Not Adequately Enforcing Online Pharmacy Law
LegitScript.com has released a detailed report assessing the DEA’s implementation of the Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act (RHA). The federal law, which was introduced by Sens. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and Jeff Sessions (R-AL), took effect in 2009, and was … Continue reading
HealthAffiliatesNetwork / 121Doc affiliates re designated as rogue Internet pharmacies
NOTE: Following publication of the blog below, 121Doc/HealthAffiliatesNetwork agreed to remove the US as a destination shipping option for all of its websites. They also removed text from the 121Doc.com website indicating (incorrectly) that the drugs are FDA-approved. LegitScript has … Continue reading
Dietary supplements online? It’s good to be careful there, too
The holidays have come and gone; Valentine chocolates are a memory. For some people, it is time to start a new diet to lose unwanted pounds of holiday cheer. The weight-loss industry is a multi-billion dollar business in the US. … Continue reading
Rogue Internet Pharmacies and Fake FDA Agents
This morning in a remote Internet cafe somewhere, someone is accessing office email. The location is busy and crowded. Someone at a nearby table is talking loudly on a headset to a potential customer using Voice-Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) and … Continue reading
Stenva Corp. Internet Pharmacy Websites Classified as Rogue (with update)
UPDATE: About an hour after LegitScript posted this blog and tweeted about the Stenva Corp. network sites discussed below, Networking4All suspended the domains registered with its company. LegitScript applauds Networking4All’s swift action to ensure compliance with its Terms and Conditions … Continue reading