Pharmacist gets year in prison for selling fake Viagra, Cialis on NW Side

Michael Markiewicz, 38, from Illinois, was sentenced to one year and one day in a federal prison for selling counterfeit versions of Viagra and Cialis, male potency drugs. Markiewicz illegally purchased the counterfeit drugs online from China and then dispensed them to his consumers at the Belmont Pharmacy. Last year Markiewicz pleaded guilty to one count of trafficking and attempting to traffic a counterfeit drug, and one count of dispensing a counterfeit drug with intent to defraud and mislead.