Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Don Lapre

(Florence, Arizona) TV pitchman Don Lapre was scheduled for trial today to face multiple federal charges including mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering related to his promotion and sale of worthless vitamins.

Lapre, 47, was accused of defrauding more than 200,000 people out of more than $50 million.
Lapre was arrested June 23 in Tempe by the U.S. Marshals Service after failing to appear a day earlier for his arraignment. He had been camping out inside a Lifetime Fitness locker room.

A grand jury indicted the 47-year-old on 41 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud and promotional money laundering in connection to his company "The Greatest Vitamin in the World."
Sadly, there will be no trial. Lapre was found dead Sunday morning at a holding facility in Florence. Suicide is suspected.

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