SF Chinatown herb shop owner sold dangerous, unlicensed drugs, DA says
he owner of a San Francisco herb shop faces multiple felony charges after prosecutors say he funneled prescription and banned drugs through his Chinatown store.
The charges against 67-year-old Vi Thieu Binh are the result of an investigation that spanned over three years, and a search warrant that allegedly uncovered hundreds of products that were prescription-only, contaminated, counterfeit, mislabeled or barred by the Federal Drug Administration, according to the San Francisco district attorney’s office.
Binh’s store, Hue An Co., was flagged by the FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations following a broader probe into “Anti Rheuma” capsules.