Vanmoor Convicted In Fake Cancer Cure Case

Arthur Vanmoor: Mensa member, inventor and patent holder; notorious “Big Pimpin’ Pappy” of the escort service business in Broward County, Florida until he was convicted on state racketeering and prostitution charges (2004 story here). Now Vanmoor has been convicted by jury trial on 19 federal counts including mail fraud, wire fraud, Food Drug & Cosmetic Act violations and conspiracy; the March 2005 indictments arose from his operation of websites offering fake cures for cancer, migraine, flu and other diseases or conditions. Vanmoor’s websites falsely claimed to be selling FDA approved drugs and contained fake articles written by fake doctors; evidence at the trial showed that Vanmoor continued to operate the websites in violation of a December 2005 restraining order. Sentencing has not been scheduled; the DOJ Press Release is here.