OTHER NEWS - March 10, 1992

Laguna Hills Businessman Sentenced in Diet Fraud: David D. Sterns, 57, was ordered to serve more than four years in federal prison and fined almost $2 million for his part in a fraudulent marketing scheme that promoted a bogus “diet patch” product. Sterns pleaded guilty in October to three counts of fraud in connection with Ultimate Business Network, which recruited more than 22,000 distributors of “Le Patch” in the $10 million, multilevel marketing scheme. U.S. District Judge Gary Taylor in Santa Ana said Sterns’ argument for probation instead of jail time was further evidence that, though he admitted guilt, he remained largely unrepentant.