Perry Belcher: Mr. Cure All arrested and charged with con
43-year-old Perry M. Belcher was arrested last week under charges of perpetrating medical scams. He has been accused of committing computer fraud, carrying out fraudulent business practices and impersonating a licensed medical professional. He sold medicines online under the brand name Selmedica.
Selmedica products were touted to cure such ailments as anxiety, acne, vertigo and shingles. He is accused of bilking thousands of customers with fraud remedies in the last 10 years. The products, although claimed to have been made under its regulation, apparently was never approved by FDA.
Scam was supposedly on for a decade
Officials from Better Business Bureau were at his heels for several years. He was constantly on their radar as the bureau received a hundred complaints over the last seven years. But they found it hard to pin down charges as he used the front of several companies to conduct his business. They were not able to link him immediately to the activities of the business. The products also were sold through various websites, most of them with names like ‘www.secretcure… .com’.
Another thing that must have befuddled authorities must have been his selling the treatment through a so-called medical expert, Pat Harper. It is now alleged that Pat Harper was a fictitious persona created by Belcher to lend credibility to his products.
It is also suspected that Bilcher charged customer credit cards without getting proper authorization from them. To begin with, free reports and eBooks were given away to customers who bought online. These booklets did not contain anything much more than what was easily and freely available online.
Somewhere, in fine print, it was mentioned the reports were free for the customers unless after a month, they asked to continue receiving it. The catch: at the end of one month, the customers were never asked and thus were denied a chance to unsubscribe from the offer. Their subscription to the reports was automatically renewed at the end of the month and their credit cards charged with $17 every passing month.
Victims of the suspected scam are advised to get in touch with Shelby County Sheriff’s office at (901) 545-3268 or via email at [email protected].
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December 17th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
What really scares me is when a product, especially a drug, IS FDA approved. Why? Because the FDA isn’t a bunch of medical experts.
They are ex CEO’s and executives of pharmaceutical, chemical and agricultural companies. They are NOT concerned with anyone’s health or well-being. They ARE concerned with profits.
The FDA is a fascist regime and needs to be disbanded. They have become so closed off from the people that they do not even accept emails from citizens. Now that is scary.
And to think most people think they are working for them. Think again!
December 17th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
awaiting moderation? LOL I get it. Sad.
April 10th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Is this the same perry belcher that is the social media expert. I am shocked at this. WOW! I never expected that.
February 10th, 2011 at 12:00 am
yes you are right, He was an expert in Marketing industry. Can’t believe it!