{"id":758153,"date":"2026-06-24T13:51:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/758153\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T13:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:51:24","slug":"montreal-man-sentenced-to-three-years-for-weight-loss-product-scam-in-u-s-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/758153\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal man sentenced to three years for weight-loss product scam in U.S. – Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted June 24, 2026 8:45 am\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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A\u00a0Montreal\u00a0man convicted earlier this year of a fraudulent weight loss product scam in the United States has been sentenced to three years in prison.<\/p>\n

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The U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office says Michel Poirier pleaded guilty in March for his role in a mass marketing fraud scheme from 2011 to 2016.<\/p>\n

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It says Poirier would use American printing companies to handle mass mailings of brochures promoting bogus weight-loss products.<\/p>\n

The attorney\u2019s office says companies that printed and mailed the brochures would receive bad cheques, and Poirier would stop answering calls and emails.<\/p>\n

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American officials believe consumers who received the brochures and purchased weight-loss products were defrauded out of more than $1.2 million.<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge William Conley called the crime callous at sentencing earlier this month and said Poirier \u201cfailed to appreciate the financial and emotional harm to the victims.\u201d<\/p>\n

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