Greg Caton

Gregory James Caton, a.k.a. John CarrMeditopia. "Greg Caton is the author of meditopia.org and this online book. He founded Alpha Omega Labs and operated the company under the pseudonym, James Carr." , was a promoter of various herbal products, some of which claimed to cure cancer. Caton was the founder of Alpha Omega Labs (1994–2008), a manufacturer of natural health care products, distributing internationally from Guayaquil, Ecuador. He was married to Cathryn Caton, ND.Greg Caton biography, gregcaton.com.
Caton was involved in numerous controversies. In a report on an alt-media conspiracy website, Caton is featured in an article describing the closure of his Lake Charles, Louisiana facility by the FDA.Greg Caton - Cure For Cancer? Quatloos, 25 October 2009. In 2004, he was sentenced to a 33 month federal sentence for "introducing a new unapproved drug," mail fraud, and other charges.Greg Caton - Cure For Cancer? Archived from the original at quatloos.com, 25 October 2009.Gregory Caton Sentenced for Selling Unapproved New Drugs. United States Department of Justice, 24 August 2004, via Quackwatch.
==Early projects==
Caton founded Consumer Express in 1984. This was later branded as Nutrition for Life, a multilevel mailorder company. The firm traded briefly on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Nutrition for Life entered into a business agreement with Kevin Trudeau.Kevin Trudeau, The Skeptic's Dictionary. After the change of ownership of Consumer Express, Caton authored a book (which was since withdrawn) on the facts surrounding the alleged fraud surrounding this transaction. Down-Line News reviewed this work in February 1993 on their website.Down-Line News Magazine, December/January 1993. Archived from the original at mlmwatchdog.com.
== Legal action ==
Caton filed a suit against Kevin Trudeau in the US Fifth District Court of Appeals in response to a libel suit filed by Trudeau in 1996 over Caton's aforementioned book.In the Matter of Gregory James Caton, Debtor.gregory James Caton, Appellant, v. Kevin Trudeau, Appellee, 157 F.3d 1026 (5th Cir. 1998). US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 26 October 1998. 
Caton filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in response to the judgement in November 1996. Shortly after this arrangement, the company was subject to a class action lawsuit filed in Harris County, Texas.Nutrition for Life Stanford University College of Law, Securities, 15 August 1996. Nutrition for life was forced to file for bankruptcy, chapter 7, on July 8, 2003.Nutrition For Life Bankruptcy. Archived from MLM Watchdog, 2003. 
Caton then took up a project to detail the issues associated with multi-level marketing on a site entitled MLM Credit Bureau.Ami Chen Mills, Pyramid Dreams: MLM foes give an insider's viewpoint online. Metroactive, 1996.
==Alpha Omega Labs==
Caton's operation was shut down by the FDA in 2003.http://www.altcancer.com/compensation_for_fake_product.htm His website claims that "fake" products shipped under his trade names and offers compensation for claimants.
Caton operated Alpha Omega Labs as a front company in order to avoid FDA rules and regulations. He relocated to Ecuador in June 2008.http://www.altcancer.com/
Alpha Omega were the topic of an expose by Business Week in their review of the book, Natural Causes.Magazine: BusinessWeek January 8, 2007, webversion http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_02/b4016109.htm The review focused upon the case of Sue Gilliat, a nurse from Indianapolis who used Caton's Cansema product.http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Causes-Politics-Americas-Supplement/dp/0767920422Website WISH TV Channel 8 News Story via Meditopia accessed 19 DEC 09 http://www.meditopia.org/docs/wishtv.pdfWebsite WISH TV 8, Indianapolis, IN http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1540595&nav=0Ra7JXqeJXqg Cansema is a product which is classified as an escharotic. In short, it attacks and kills human skin tissue, regardless of the presence of cancerous growth. This formulation is sold by many, although Caton claimed some exclusivity for his brand. The Independent, a UK newspaper, published a section on Cansema in an article on 18 November 1999.
Cansema is listed by the Food and Drug Administration, FDA, as one of 187 fake cancer cures.Website FDA Accessed 18 DEC 09 "187 Fake Cancer Cures"http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/EnforcementActivitiesbyFDA/ucm171057.htm Cansema continues to be marketed by numerous individuals, including Catonaltcancer.com/cansema and others, as referenced by recent FDA warning letters.Letter, FDA Warning Re: Cansema 20 MAY 08 2008-DAL-WL-12 http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/2008/ucm1048295.htm The case involving Alpha Omega Labs has been chronicled by EDDI Inc. on their news site. The website details the impact of the Office of Criminal Investigation.http://www.fda.gov/downloads/ICECI/EnforcementActions/EnforcementStory/EnforcementStoryArchive/UCM091477.pdf
Cathryn Caton, a naturopathic doctor, recalled the FDA raid in a self-posted video from February 2009.Video YouTube Accessed 19DEC09 http://www.youtube.com/v/s8RVTKeN_Ng&hl=en_US&fs=1& 
This was a joint investigation with the Lake Charles and Westlake Police Departments.Website: EDDI-Inc. News Release http://www.eddi-inc.com/news7.html
== Departure from the United States ==
After his arrest and prison term, Caton left the United States for Ecuador, where he re-estalished his operation. During this time he was subject to a patent suit over his food preservative patent. In the filings with the United States Patent Office, Caton said that he feared arrest should he return to the United States and became in violation of the terms of his release from federal prison in 2004.US Patent Office Decisions United States Patent And Trademark Office Board Of Patent Appeals And Interferences, Intellectual Concepts, LLC, (Inventor: Gregory James Caton) v. Zannier, Inc., (Inventor: Paul D. Manos), 19 September 2008.
==Fugitive from justice==
Caton was reported as a fugitive from Justice on or about May 2006, for violation of the terms of his release from Federal Prison. He was featured in Parade Magazine's On the Run In America article in February 2009.Magazine: Parade, online Accessed 21 DEC 09 http://www.parade.com/news/2009/02/on-the-run-in-america.html
He was reportedly under arrest, again, after extradition from Ecuador as of 16 December 2009.Web Article: www.Natural News.com; Adams, Mike. http://www.naturalnews.com/027750_Greg_Caton_FDA.html Caton's wife Cathryn supposedly posted an online appeal on her husband's behalf:
== Patents ==
In 2008, Caton submitted a patent application for a food preservative.Website Patent Inventors.Website Patent Docs, 2009. "Patent application title: Lower alkyl carboxylic acid moieties as organoleptic stabilizers and preservatives of food and beverages and for preventing oxidative corrosion of metals; Inventors: Gregory James Caton - Agents: WEINGARTEN, SCHURGIN, GAGNEBIN & LEBOVICI LLP - Assignees: Intellectual Concepts, LLC - Origin: BOSTON, MA US IPC8 Class: AA23L33517FI USPC Class: 4263303
== Authored books ==
*Caton, G.J.; Lumen: Food For A New Age, Calcasieu Graphics & Pressworks, 1986. 
*Caton, Greg; MLM Fraud: A Practical Handbook for the Network Marketing Professional, (self-published), 1990. 
== External links ==
* Alpha Omega YouTube Channel
* Alpha Omega Lab Site
==See also==
*Natural Causes: Death, Lies, and Politics in America's Vitamin and Herbal Supplement Industry. Broadway Publishers (2007) 
==References==
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