A Stevenson Ranch man plead guilty Wednesday to falsely labeling male enhancement drugs as “herbal medicine,” officials said.

Ronald Daniel Scott, a.k.a., “Danny Scott,” 49, of Stevenson Ranch, agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce, according to the United States Attorney’s Office.

Scott is the chief executive officer of Premiere Sales Group, Inc., a Santa Clarita-based company that also agreed to plead guilty to the same charge, according to officials.

The plea was part of a case involving three companies and five executives that have agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges alleging that they purchased and resold millions of dollars worth of pharmaceutical-grade erectile dysfunction pills that were falsely labeled as male herbal remedies, according to U.S. Attorney’s Office officials

Scott admitted in a plea agreement filed Wednesday that from 2013 until early 2017, he purchased at least 1.7 million male sexual enhancement pills for $3.8 million from John Seil Lee, 40, of Walnut, the manufacturer of the pills who pleaded guilty in February to a series of felony offenses related to his illegal business.

Lee allegedly smuggled powder Tadalafil – the prescription drug used to treat erectile dysfunction and sold under the brand name Cialis – from China. Lee then manufactured the powder Tadalafil into pills that he sold to distributors across the United States, according to court documents.

In order to boost sales, Lee made the pills with up to 14 times the level of Tadalafil contained in Cialis. Lee sold at least $11 million worth of pills across the United States – under names such as “X Again,” “X Monster” and “Royal Master” – with labels that did not disclose the presence of Tadalafil and falsely stated that no prescription was necessary, officials said.

The FDA’s approval of Cialis is limited to the use under the supervision of a licensed professional. Due to toxicity and other potentially harmful effects – including life-threatening drops in blood pressure, loss of vision, loss of hearing and prolonged, painful erections that can result in permanent injury – drugs similar to Cialis are not safe for use except under the supervision of a medical practitioner, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Once they enter their guilty pleas, the five businessmen charged Wednesday will each face a statutory maximum sentence of one year in federal prison. The three corporate entities will face up to five years of probation, as well as monetary sanctions of up to $200,000 in fines or twice the gross gain resulting from the criminal offenses, according to officials.

The investigation into these cases was conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Criminal Investigations.

Arraignment for the defendants is set for June 27, according to officials.

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