A Cedar Park woman pleaded guilty to a federal charge and was sentenced to 1 year probation. The woman carried out a multi-million-dollar scheme that defrauded cat owners nationwide over several years.
The multi-million-dollar scheme defrauded cat owners nationwide over several years. Nicole Randall, 37, of Cedar Park carried out the online operation. To understand who she is, how she got involved with the black market FIP, and what happened, you have to understand her story. I met Nicole in She was looking to adopt. She found the perfect kitten, whose name was Baconator. She took him home, and after two months, he got sick.
It is a deadly disease in cats that has long been considered incurable. GS can be used to treat the deadly disease, but it was not legal in the United States at the time. Within a few weeks, Baconator died from FIP. The Facebook group currently has The page is a space that people turn to in a time of desperation.
They are cat owners seeking answers, support, and a lifeline for their dying animal. Randall used fake names on the Chinese black market to purchase and smuggle illegal medication into the country, disguising it as pet shampoo, cosmetics, face masks, and other beauty products. Especially because so many families would refinance their houses or even sell their plasma to afford treatment. An undercover investigation was launched in the summer of A year later, agents executed a search warrant at her Cedar Park home, where they found around 30 boxes containing the illegal drug.
According to the DOJ, they believe she distributed 58, liquid vials and , pills of GS over two years. Click to open this PDF in a new window. Randall was charged with criminal information with introducing an adulterated drug into interstate commerce. And veterinarians can actually be the ones in the driver's seat prescribing and treating their patients.
