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Guardian investigation linked Northampton crypto entrepreneur Fasial Tariq to what authorities described as the world's largest illegal weight-loss drug operation.
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Anas Hassan
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A Guardian investigation has uncovered evidence linking Northampton-based crypto entrepreneur Fasial Tariq to what authorities described as the world’s largest illegal weight-loss drug operation.
The revelation comes amid a global surge in crypto-related crime, prompting coordinated crackdowns from law enforcement agencies.
In late October, enforcement officers raided a red-brick industrial unit in Northampton, seizing thousands of unlicensed Alluvi-branded weight-loss pens, raw chemical ingredients, manufacturing equipment, and £20,000 in cash.
According to the Guardian, some pens contained retatrutide, a powerful GLP-1 agonist still in clinical trials and unapproved for medical use.
Despite the scale, no arrests have been made, and the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has not publicly identified who ran the scheme.
Crypto Venture Trails Lead to Drug Operation.
Documents reviewed by The Guardian connect the raided unit to Wholesale Supplements Limited, where Tariq serves as director.
Customer order photographs suggest Alluvi products were sold through Ecommerce Nutri Collectiv, a website that later lost payment processing after Stripe terminated services.
Companies House records show Ecommerce Nutri Collectiv Limited previously shared an address with Vantage Commercials Group Limited, a company Tariq once operated.
The trading name at the bottom of Nutri Collectiv’s website redirects to Paradox Labs, previously known as Paradox Studio, a crypto venture founded by Tariq.
Paradox launched Paradox Coin and Paradox Metaverse, a play-to-earn blockchain game that drew accusations of a scam from online critics and investigators.
Crypto investigator Stephen Findeisen, known as Coffeezilla, publicly challenged Tariq and his brother in a YouTube interview, questioning the project’s economics and promotional claims. Tariq denied marketing a get-rich-quick scheme.
Social media footage linked to Alluvi shows a distinctive bright-green Lamborghini Huracán Spyder, while local residents reported that luxury cars, including a Rolls-Royce, were frequently parked outside the raided unit.
Tariq’s former company, Onyx, specialized in high-end car rental and chauffeur services.
His driving record includes a 2018 incident in which he was fined £1,185 and banned from driving for 12 months after failing to identify a BMW driver who overtook a Ferrari traveling at over 135mph.
He had regained his license days earlier following convictions for drink-driving and driving...
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