The makers of a prosthetic penis to help men cheat on drugs tests have pleaded guilty to two charges of conspiracy in a US federal court.
The two men, George Wills and Robert Catalano, had been selling the device - known as the Whizzinator - over the internet for three years.
The device was sold with a heating element and fake urine to help people test negative for illegal substances.
They could face up to eight years in prison and a $500,000 (£334,000) fine.
The men ran an internet company known as Puck Technology, which between 2005 and 2008 sold the Whizzinator and a similar device, known as Number One.
"The Whizzinator is the ultimate solution for a drug testing device," says a statement on the website of the California-based company, which calls itself the "undisputed leader in synthetic urine!
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