29 Nov Ex-UKIP member sentenced to 15 months for his fake cancer ‘cure’
Director of company Immuno Biotech, David Noakes, made millions of pounds by selling products that contained real human blood.
David Noakes, 65, of Waldershare, pleaded guilty in court to charges of manufacturing, supplying and selling of an unlicensed medicine and money laundering.
Noakes, ex-UKIP member and former Falmouth Town councillor, founded his company Immuno Biotech in September of 2010 which sold pharmaceutical drugs that claimed to cure cancer, HIV and autism.
During the time of 2011 and 2015, his company received £7.9 million from the sales of approximately 10,000 customers, Southwark Crown Court heard.
The drug, called GcMAF, was proved to be made with blood plasma – which Noakes originally disguised. During his sentencing, Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith claimed it was ‘a significant risk to public health’ and ‘GcMAF was sold to extremely vulnerable people’.
The Judge went on to say ‘you knew from the beginning it was unlawful’ and that the evidence shown a ‘reckless disregard for the regulatory regime’.
It was also discovered Noakes spent almost 3 million on personal expenditure, including 3 planes, a Rolls Royce and an Aston Martin. The Judge claimed ‘I had no doubt you enjoyed the limelight’.
Noakes received a custodial sentence of 12 months for selling and distributing an unlicensed medicine plus a further 3 months for money laundering.
