article_snippet.sent: Judge Charles Wide QC described it as a 'highly organised, large-scale criminal enterprise' which risked the health of members of the public, as he sentenced A counterfeit drug gang at the Old Bailey.
article_snippet.sent: This was a 'sophisticated and carefully planned' scam which had bases in north-east Lincolnshire and Sussex, Judge Charles Wide QC said.
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutor Gillian Jones said: 'This case is not about wanting to distribute good medicines cheaply, but rather the motivation was greed, with an utter disregard for patient safety. '
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutor Gillian Jones added: 'There is no doubt a conspiracy to sell these unlicensed medicines existed.
article_snippet.sent: Judge Charles Wide QC, sentencing, said: 'This case concerns a highly organised, large scale criminal enterprise to sell unlicensed and counterfeit medicines and to launder the illegal profits of that enterprise. '
article_snippet.sent: Judge Wide added: 'There is no direct evidence of such harm, but that is no thanks to any great care taken in Judge Wide execution. '