For the second time in five months, federal officials searched Lowen's Pharmacy in Brooklyn, N.Y., as part of the spiraling investigation by the Albany district attorney into on-line steroid and human growth hormone (HGH) sales through Signature Pharmacy in Florida. According to a report from ESPN, investigators found 90 gm of raw HGH, worth an estimated $8 million, as well as testosterone, nandrolone, and stanozolol. According to a report in the New York Times, the investigation also found that six New York City police officers had filled prescriptions for steroids at the pharmacy. In May, investigators found $200,000 worth of steroids and HGH. According to the report, a search of the office of Edward Latendre, Lowen's VP, revealed the Chinese-made HGH. Latendre was arrested on suspicion of criminal diversion. The arrest was not the first for Lowen's. In 2003, Julius Nasso, a Lowen's pharmacist turned movie producer, was convicted of conspiring with the mob to extort money from actor Steven Segal. Nasso's son, Julius Jr., is a part owner of Lowen's Pharmacy.

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