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Sport company, owner plead guilty to illegal distribution

By The Associated Press

ABINGDON, Va. (AP) — A U.S. Attorney in Virginia says a North Carolina man and his sport supplement company have pleaded guilty to selling unapproved drugs with the intent to defraud a federal agency as well as consumers.

Acting U.S. Attorney Daniel P. Bubar said in a news release that 47-year-old Brian Michael Parks of Apex, North Carolina, and MedFitRX Inc., now known as MedFit Sarmacuticals Inc., in Cary, North Carolina, pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Virginia.

Parks admitted that from approximately June 2017 to September 2019, he and his company unlawfully distributed a number of substances that were not only not approved by the Food and Drug Administration, but came with health warnings.

Will Maryland’s favorite beach town have enough international student workers this summer?

By Michelle Basch
Every summer Ocean City, Maryland, depends on college students from other countries to fill seasonal jobs through the State Department's Summer Work Travel program. "This international student exchange program has been a real asset to employers here in Ocean City for 20 years," Amy Thompson, president and CEO of the Greater Ocean City Chamber of Commerce, told WTOP.
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