Athletes who bought drugs may be exposed
NEW YORK (AP) - The district attorney investigating drug purchases on the Internet will forward to pro sports leagues the names of athletes who bought drugs.
Albany, New York district attorney David Soares told the New York Daily News in Wednesday's editions that he will send those athletes' names to the NFL, major league baseball and any other leagues.
"We're going to be sending information to vet those names, see if they are who they say they are," the newspaper reported Soares as saying.
So far, 18 people have been indicted after raids on several Florida clinics. They allegedly were part of a scheme to provide prescriptions over the Internet to clients who never actually met with the prescribing physicians.
NFL and baseball officials went to Albany last week to meet with Soares and other investigators. Soares told the Daily News he will accept the aid of those leagues which offered to help the investigation.
"We're going to push this forward," Soares said. "I'm going to send them a letter this week explaining what we're doing."
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