U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents have arrested a South Florida man suspected of manufacturing and supplying banned performance-enhancing drugs for Major League Baseball players and other athletes.
A DEA complaint unsealed Tuesday charges Paulo Berejuk with conspiracy to distribute testosterone. Berejuk was scheduled to make an initial court appearance later Tuesday. It wasn't immediately clear if he had a lawyer.
A DEA affidavit describes Berejuk as a "black market source" for testosterone to clinics whose customers included MLB players. The affidavit says Berejuk is a chemist who made the substances in his garage.
An alleged co-conspirator, Jorge Velazquez, had his clinic, Boca Body in Coral Gables, supplied by Berejuk.
The arrest is the latest in the recent MLB drug scandal that resulted in 14 player suspensions and felony drug charges against a half-dozen people connected with the clinics, including former Biogenesis of America owner Anthony Bosch.
Bosch pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute testosterone before a Miami federal judge last week. He'll face a maximum of 10 years behind bars when he's sentenced in December.
He's also cooperating with federal authorities in other investigations into performance enhancing drugs.
