Martin Shkreli, the infamous “pharma bro” who jacked up an AIDS drug from $13.50 to $750 per pill in 2015, was apparently released from prison on Wednesday. Shkreli, 39, was convicted of securities fraud in 2018 and sentenced to seven years in federal prison. CNBC reports that he got an early release for good behavior …
By TOM HAYS and COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Shrkeli, the smirking “Pharma Bro” vilified for jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug, was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison for defrauding investors in two failed hedge funds. The self-promoting pharmaceutical executive notorious for trolling critics online was convicted in …
By TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former pharmaceuticals company CEO Martin Shkreli had his bail revoked and was headed to jail Wednesday while awaiting sentencing for a securities fraud conviction. A judge heard arguments about whether the provocative online antics of Shkreli, dubbed the Pharma Bro, were bad enough to put him behind …
Martin Shkreli, the 34-year-old “pharma bro” who has been called the “face of corporate greed,” was ordered on Wednesday to stop talking about his federal securities-fraud trial. As reported by CNBC, U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto ruled on the prosecution’s gag order request. “All your client has to do is stop talking in the courthouse …
Martin Shkreli earned his “Pharma Bro” nickname when he bought rights to an AIDS drug and then raised the price from $13 to $750 a pill. The 34-year-old Wall Street investor’s move to hike the drug price by 5,000 percent even drew the attention of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump who suggested he was a spoiled …
