BALCO, a San Francisco-based company founded by Conte in 1984, was investigated by the U.S. government in 2002, leading to high-profile athletes such as Major League Baseball’s Barry Bonds, the NFL’s Bill Romanowski and Olympic sprinter Marion Jones being swept up in the scandal. Conte and several associates were indicted on related charges, and in 2005 he pled guilty and served four months in prison.
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