Greg Caton

Gregory James Caton, a.k.a. John Carr,, was a promoter of various herbal products, some of which are 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 is married to Cathryn Caton, ND.

Caton has been involved in numerous controversies. In 2004, he was sentenced to a 33 month federal sentence for "introducing a new unapproved drug," mail fraud, and other charges.

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. After the change of ownership of Consumer Express, Caton authored a book (which was since withdrawn) on the facts surrounding the alleged fraud surrounding this transaction.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.

Legal action
Caton filed a suit against Kevin Trudeau in the US Fifth District Court of Appeals. This was in response to a libel suit filed by Trudeau in 1996 over Caton's aforementioned book.

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 was forced to file for bankruptcy, chapter 7, on July 8, 2003.

Caton then took up a project to detail the issues associated with multi-level marketing on a site entitled MLM Credit Bureau. He was featured in an online article by Ami Mills on the Metroactive website in 1996 regarding his work

Alpha Omega Labs
Caton's operation was shut down by the FDA in 2003. 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.

Alpha Omega were the topic of an expose by Business Week in their review of the book, Natural Causes. The review focused upon the case of Sue Gilliat, a nurse from Indianapolis who used Caton's Cansema product. 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. Cansema continues to be marketed by numerous individuals, including Caton and others, as referenced by recent FDA warning letters. 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.

Cathryn Caton, a naturopathic doctor, recalled the FDA raid in a self-posted video from February 2009.

This was a joint investigation with the Lake Charles and Westlake Police Departments.

Departure from the United States
After his arrest and prison term, Caton left the United States for Ecuador, where he reestalished his operation. During this period he was subject to a patent suit over his food preservative patent. In the filings with the United States Patent Office, it was stated by Mr. Caton that he feared arrest should he return to the United States. This was documented in 2004.

Per the USPTO document, Caton became in violation of the terms of his release from federal prison in 2004.

Current status
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.

He is reportedly under arrest, again, after extradition from Ecuador as of 16 December 2009.

Greg's wife, Cathryn, supposedly posted an online appeal on her husband's behalf.

Claims and controversies
Caton has been involved in numerous controversies. In a report on the alt-media conspiracy website, Quatloos, Caton is featured in an article describing the closure of his Lake Charles, Louisiana facility by the FDA.

Patents
Greg Caton submitted a patent application in 2008 for a food preservative


 * 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. ISBN 0939955008


 * Caton, Greg; MLM Fraud: A Practical Handbook for the Network Marketing Professional, (self-published), 1990. ISBN 0939955032