Gym boss made £1m dirty cash from selling fat-burning pills he made in his shed

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A gym boss who was jailed for putting fitness fanatics' lives at risk by supplying them with potentially deadly fat-burning pills made almost a million pounds from his criminal conduct, a court has been told.But prosecutors have agreed that Jamie George, who ran what was described as "a significant manufacturing operation" in his garden shed in Falkirk, has only just over £30,000 left to be seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act.In July 2023, George, now 33, was jailed for three years at Stirling Sheriff Court over the illegal enterprise.

The court heard he had been filling and selling 2,4-dinitrophenol capsules all over the world.The court was told that dinitrophenol capsules - commonly known as DNP - is a highly toxic industrial chemical, used in the manufacture of explosives, insecticide, and in photographic development.

A recent trend has seen bodybuilders use it for weight reduction, "fat burning" and body sculpture, often in the days running up to muscle men and women contests.Yesterday depute fiscal Simona Gersheva said it had been agreed between prosecutors and George's lawyers that the “benefit” he had gained from his illegal activities amounted to £937,635.73.

She said the amount available to be seized was £31,050.31. Ms Gersheva tendered the court a joint minute agreeing these figures.Sheriff Derek Hamiton made a Proceeds of Crime Act confiscation order for the £31,050.31 figure.