An 80-year-old former lottery winner who quietly ran a massive counterfeit drug operation from a countryside cottage has been sentenced to prison, bringing an end to what police described as a highly sophisticated criminal enterprise hidden in plain sight.
John Eric Spiby, 80, was sentenced to 16 years in prison in England after authorities uncovered a counterfeit drug network capable of producing millions of pills, according to Greater Manchester Police. His son, John Colin Spiby, 37, was also jailed for nine years for his role in the operation.
