Legal analysis: After prosecution by Shaxian County Procuratorate of Fujian Province, recently, the court sentenced the defendant Zheng to 10 years' imprisonment for the crime of producing and selling counterfeit drugs, fined him 165438+ 10,000 yuan, and confiscated more than 500,000 yuan of illegal income. Three or four years ago, Zheng was not satisfied with his overweight figure, so he bought diet pills from the internet and felt good after eating them. He recommended it to friends around him through the WeChat circle of friends. It found that the market was good, so it came up with the idea of selling diet pills with its own brand. During the period from 20 16 to 20 17, without approval and inspection, they illegally manufactured the slimming drug brand "suuny" slimming capsules and "Mengqiansha" slimming capsules, contacted others to make packaging materials such as packaging boxes, brochures, medicine bottles, etc., purchased constipation drugs online and packaged them themselves, and publicized them through WeChat friends circle. The cost per bottle is about.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Criminal Law.

Article 141 Whoever produces or sells counterfeit drugs shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also be fined. Whoever causes serious harm to human health or has other serious circumstances shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years, and shall also be fined or confiscated. Drug addicts who knowingly provide counterfeit drugs to others for use shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 142 Whoever produces or sells inferior drugs and causes serious harm to human health shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years and shall also be fined. If the consequences are especially serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated. Drug addicts who knowingly provide inferior drugs to others shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.