Paradigm Peptides

https://paradigmpeptides.com/ · status: scam-flagged

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Payments	card, crypto
Notes	SCAM-FLAGGED (substantiated criminal conviction). Founders Matthew Kawa and Jennifer Stechkober pled guilty December 10, 2025 in the US District Court for the Northern District of Indiana (US v. Matthew Kawa et al.). Federal investigators determined that many products advertised, labeled, and sold as SARMs in fact contained testosterone (a controlled substance). Additionally, the peptide, hCG, and SARM products were unapproved new drugs under FDCA. Operation shipped from Michigan City, Indiana under the entity Paradigm R.E. LLC. Customer-harm window declared by DOJ: April 2019 – March 2024. paradigmpeptides.com now displays a closure notice; Matthew Kawa's sentencing rescheduled to July 30, 2026. Finnrick's "confident A" rating for Tirzepatide and Retatrutide reflects sample testing through this period and is materially undermined by the later DOJ adulteration findings — listed here as a methodological flag, not a quality endorsement.

Payments

card, crypto

Notes

SCAM-FLAGGED (substantiated criminal conviction). Founders Matthew Kawa and Jennifer Stechkober pled guilty December 10, 2025 in the US District Court for the Northern District of Indiana (US v. Matthew Kawa et al.). Federal investigators determined that many products advertised, labeled, and sold as SARMs in fact contained testosterone (a controlled substance). Additionally, the peptide, hCG, and SARM products were unapproved new drugs under FDCA. Operation shipped from Michigan City, Indiana under the entity Paradigm R.E. LLC. Customer-harm window declared by DOJ: April 2019 – March 2024. paradigmpeptides.com now displays a closure notice; Matthew Kawa's sentencing rescheduled to July 30, 2026. Finnrick's "confident A" rating for Tirzepatide and Retatrutide reflects sample testing through this period and is materially undermined by the later DOJ adulteration findings — listed here as a methodological flag, not a quality endorsement.

Listings (2)

Peptide	SKU	Size	Price	Listed purity	In stock
Retatrutide	—	—	—	—	yes
Tirzepatide	—	—	—	—	yes

Certificates of analysis (2)

Peptide	Batch	Lab	Method	Measured purity	Date	File
Retatrutide	finnrick-retatrutide	Finnrick Analytics	HPLC (Finnrick independent aggregate)	—	—	PDF →
Tirzepatide	finnrick-tirzepatide	Finnrick Analytics	HPLC (Finnrick independent aggregate)	—	—	PDF →

Third-party rankings

finnrick.com/products (top-rated rollup) — rank #5 (score: 2) · source