Speech is about a 24-year-old master student of the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University, according to the teachers of an extremely promising chemist. But, as it turns out, also very inventive “entrepreneurs”.
He decided to use the multi-million dollar equipment of the faculty to earn even tens of crowns a month. To his “clients”, mostly Americans, he made steroid and growth hormone analyzes that foreigners ordered through the internet forum.
For a period of at least one year, when Peter tested at the university buildings dozens, perhaps hundreds of samples, no one noticed. The case of the University was just right. The young man now faces disciplinary proceedings for gross violation of the internal rules of the school.
The most important stage of the story (except for the faculty’s laboratories) is the foreign forum MESO-RX, which is focused on steroids and growth hormones.
The people who contribute and discuss there come mainly from the United States and the forum is looking for someone who reliably and honestly tests them for the substances they use.
In other words, they are looking for someone to confirm that the products actually contain as much active substance as the vendors in the package leaflets promise.
Analyzes “under”
One of the testers until April this year was also the user, nicknamed Analyzer - highly popular on the forum, especially for low prices, which turned him more and more “customers”. Since special equipment is needed for analyzes, costing several million crowns, and costs are massive, only a handful of other people in the world are engaged in similar activities.
For example, while the Swiss company SIMEC accounts for $ 290 ($ 6,200) for steroid analysis and $ 5,200 for the growth hormone test, Analyzer has attracted clients from $ 75 to $ 200 (about 1600 4300 CZK).
On his e-mail, he was also contacted by the editorial staff about a month ago.
The analyst promised to conduct a total of four tests of various oral steroids for a total cost of about $ 300 (about $ 6400). Its conditions for sending the samples were as follows:
"Pack the pills separately into small plastic bags with a zipper closure. Mark the bags with numbers or letters and put them in a paper envelope, put it in a small small padded envelope and describe the content as a gift, and you can also put a gift card or a wish card. Send everything by unregistered mail, without insurance, "the Analyzer always instructed clients to pass through the customs without any problems.
Payments in bitcoins
Payment was always made after the package was received, in the virtual currency bitcoin.
The target station of the consignments was Brno, namely the seat of the Masaryk University dormitory where the student Petr lives.
Since it is logical that students will not have millions of equipment on their college campuses, the only possible venue for analyzes has become the university’s own laboratories.
Many of the analyzes made by the student in the background of Masaryk University are available. The first one is dated April 10, 2017. However, it is not excluded that the analyzes took place earlier. From the frequency of analyzes and samples, it is obvious that such testing was carried out by the student, as well as tens per month, exclusively at night or on weekends, when he was sure he would not be caught by the act.
According to information Rights, Peter does not suffer from a financial emergency. From college he regularly receives scholarships and grants, works on major study projects. But, in comparison with other students, his stellar career has, to a large extent, been jeopardized by this regular, significant gain at the expense of the university’s code of ethics.
A disciplinary procedure shall be decided upon
It was clear from the way he had sent the samples and the secrecy he was aware that he was doing something he should not do. It is totally forbidden to use the equipment of the school for its own, even for commercial purposes and without the knowledge of professors.
Code:
I did it more to help users than for my own financial benefit
student Petr
“We are giving rise to disciplinary proceedings,” said Ctibor Mazal, director of the Institute of Chemistry at the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, who made the decision together with the student’s supervisor, Petr Klán, who confronted the student with the case.
The student allegedly confessed immediately, but only to about twenty tests. The rest should be done with a friend in Slovakia.
“I am aware that I have exceeded the ethical limits when I used the equipment of the university, on the other hand I did it more to help the users than for my own financial benefit,” defended Petr Petr.
The disciplinary procedure is almost unacceptable at the Faculty of Science. According to one of the teachers there, Peter is aware that he made a mistake, he also feels sorry that he has done a shame at himself and at the whole university.
What will be the result of the commission, teachers do not dare foresee yet. However, according to the Disciplinary Code, play is a warning, conditional exclusion, or final ejection from school.