Man pleads guilty to stealing plasma

Eric Jarett, 51, of Woodland Hills operated a company in California called Carlin Biologics, Inc., which bought and sold blood products, U.S. Attorney Kathryn Landreth's office said.

Using a fake name, Jarett told the blood banks that the plasma was needed for research.

He set up a telephone answering service in Las Vegas to handle inquiries from the blood banks about his orders.

Jarett was able to obtain plasma from the Bonfils Blood Center in Denver, the Oklahoma Blood Institute in Oklahoma City and the Life Blood/Mid-South Regional Blood Center in Memphis, Tenn.

Jarett faces a maximum of five years in prison and at least $250,000 in fines.

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