Beverly Tanning Salon Previously Used As Laundering Front

BEVERLY, MA – A Shrewsbury man who uses the social media persona "Musclehead 320'' and five others were charged in federal court on Wednesday in connection with conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit steroids, including testosterone and trenbolone, which are illegally used for body building.

Three of the accused opened Wicked Tan, a tanning salon in North Beverly, which allegedly served as a front to launder funds and purchase supplies for the conspiracy. A Facebook page for Beverly Wicked Tan notes that it's under new ownership.

Tyler Bauman, a/k/a Tyler Baumann, a/k/a “musclehead 320,” 32, of Shrewsbury; Kathryn Green a/k/a Katie Green, a/k/a Katy Green, 28, of Shrewsbury; Philip Goodwin, 36, of Lynn; Robert Medeiros, 31, of Gardner; Brian Petzke, 49, of Saugus; and Melissa Sclafani, 29, of Gloucester, were each charged with one count of conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit drugs and one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.

Bauman, Goodwin, and Sclafani are accused of opening the tanning salon as a front. All the defendants were scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court on Wednesday.

The defendants engaged in a scheme to produce and market illegal steroids by purchasing raw materials and supplies, marketing the steroids on social media and selling them to customers across the country via email, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
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It is alleged that the defendants marketed the steroids as being made by “Onyx Pharmaceuticals,” using both the Onyx name and symbols; however, Onyx, a pharmaceutical company owned by Amgen, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company based in California, does not manufacture liquid steroids.

They allegedly made the steroids themselves, using raw steroids imported from overseas, including from China.

Bauman promoted the steroids through his social media persona, “musclehead 320,” claiming in his public posts that he was merely “sponsored” by “Onyx.”

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