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UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ANNOUNCES CREATION OF LIPOBAN VICTIM WEBSITE

November 26, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announced today the creation of a website to be used by victims to obtain current information about the prosecution of U.S. v. George Forgione and Frank Sarcona a/k/a Dave Johnson, Case No. 07-80138-Cr-Marra. This prosecution concerns the fraudulent marketing of Lipoban, a purported weight loss product, sold by the Lipoban Clinic.

The website is as follows: http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/fls/VictimWitness/LipoBanClinic.html

Victims may also contact Assistant United States Attorney Kerry S. Baron at 500 South Australian Avenue, Room 400, West Palm Beach Florida, FL 33401, regarding this prosecution.

A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida at http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/fls. Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at http://www.flsd.uscourts.gov or on http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov.

Technical comments about this website can be e-mailed to the Webmaster. PLEASE NOTE: The United States Attorney's Office does not respond to non-technical inquiries made to this website. If you wish to make a request for information, you may contact our office at 305-961-9001, or you may send a written inquiry to the United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida, 99 NE 4th Street, Miami, Fl. 33132.