Jeffrey Thies: Final Debarment Order

fficking of counterfeit pills, such as pill bottles, pill presses, baking flour, various packages of male enhancement pills, other packaging and shipping materials, empty capsules, and counterfeit Viagra and Cialis pills. Most of these items were found on and [[Page 60972]] around a dirty, non-sterile bench area in the basement laboratory where multiple house cats also lingered. Specifically, agents seized from Mr. Thies's residence 90 tablets purporting to be Viagra and 90 tablets purporting to be Cialis. The Viagra and Cialis packaging and pills were counterfeit. The counterfeit marks and trade names, ``Viagra'' and ``Cialis,'' used by Mr. Thies were identical or substantially indistinguishable from the genuine marks owned by Pfizer, Inc./Viatris, Inc. and Eli Lilly & Company, and Mr. Thies used the marks in connection with purported ``sex pills,'' which were likely to confuse or deceive consumers into believing that the product was made by the genuine owner of the trademark. Mr. Thies was present at his residence at the time of the search. During the search, Mr. Thies admitted to law enforcement that he sold male enhancement pills on his websites, including on sexpillshop.com , sometimes receiving up to three orders a day. On January 13, 2023, Mr. Thies met with law enforcement agents and again admitted that he sold male enhancement pills on his websites for years. He also s