An accomplished university professor and biochemistry researcher needed testosterone to develop a nasal spray he planned to patent. But Yonnie Wu had one big problem: finding a way to legally obtain it.
So, authorities say, Wu turned to illegal means. He found a supplier who turned out to be the head of a large anabolic steroids ring.
In exchange for testosterone, Wu agreed to test steroids at Auburn University’s Mass Spectrometry Center, which he directed in the chemistry and biochemistry department. Wu, who was arrested in Alabama in May, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor count of steroids possession and faces up to a year in federal prison when he is sentenced later.
Authorities said he did not earn any money for the testing since the payments he received went to Auburn.
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