Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Is Even More Terrible than You Thought

[Disir]

New court filings allege he threatened to put a family on the streets.

In the months since he first rose to infamy for raising the price of a live-saving drug 50-fold and then getting arrested for securities fraud, pharma bro Martin Shkreli has always maintained that he is misunderstood. He is not the “most hated man in America,” as he says he has been portrayed by the media. He is, on the contrary, a mogul, a hero, and a man so beloved that strangers stop him on the street to profess their support.


A day before his arrest in December, however, Shkreli made the same claims about his own behavior. He openly bragged about threatening his former employee and his family in an interview with hip-hop Web site HipHopDX's editor in chief, Justine Hunte, asking if he had seen that Shkreli had “threatened that dude and his fucking kids.”

“He had to call the police, that guy. . . . This is not a fucking act. I threatened that fucking guy and his fucking kids because he fucking took $3 million from me and he ended up paying me back,” he said. “I had two guys parked outside of his house for six months watching his every fucking move. I can get down.”
Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Is Even More Terrible than You Thought

This is a child in a man's body.

 

[Agit8r]

Most corporate executives are not so openly psychopathic.

 

[MikeK]

Somebody should kill that sonofabitch!

The crazies always kill the wrong people. So many rotten bastards deserve a bullet in the forehead yet it's the innocents who the mass-murderers attack.

 

[L.K.Eder]

i want his wu tang clan album.

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - sneaky lil' devil, ain't he?...

Ex-drug executive Shkreli hid control of shares, U.S. says
Jun 03 2016 - U.S. prosecutors tacked on an additional criminal charge to their case against former drug executive Martin Shkreli on Friday, alleging that he tried to conceal from investors his control over unrestricted shares in Retrophin Inc.

Federal prosecutors in the New York City borough of Brooklyn filed a superseding indictment with eight criminal counts against Shkreli, who last year became a lightning rod for outrage over soaring prescription drug prices. He was initially indicted in December on seven counts. Shkreli, 33, pleaded not guilty to the earlier indictment and is awaiting a possible trial this year or next. "The new indictment adds nothing of value to the government's case that still relies on a flawed theory as to Mr. Shkreli," his lawyer Benjamin Brafman said in a statement.

Martin Shkreli, former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals LLC, appears before a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington​

According to the new indictment, in 2012 Shkreli and Retrophin's outside counsel Evan Greebel divided 2 million of the company's unrestricted shares across seven employees and contractors in such a way as to avoid the reporting requirements of federal securities law. Shkreli and Greebel also in effect controlled the shares by preventing some of the employees and contractors from selling them but they did not disclose that control to securities regulators, the indictment says.

Greebel, who was charged in the earlier indictment and pleaded not guilty, also faces the additional charge, bringing the number of counts against him to two. A lawyer for him declined to comment. Last year, Shkreli sparked outrage after another company he ran, Turing Pharmaceuticals, raised the price of the drug Daraprim by more than 5,000 percent to $750 a pill.

Ex-drug executive Shkreli hid control of shares, U.S. says

 

[westwall]

New court filings allege he threatened to put a family on the streets.

In the months since he first rose to infamy for raising the price of a live-saving drug 50-fold and then getting arrested for securities fraud, pharma bro Martin Shkreli has always maintained that he is misunderstood. He is not the “most hated man in America,” as he says he has been portrayed by the media. He is, on the contrary, a mogul, a hero, and a man so beloved that strangers stop him on the street to profess their support.


A day before his arrest in December, however, Shkreli made the same claims about his own behavior. He openly bragged about threatening his former employee and his family in an interview with hip-hop Web site HipHopDX's editor in chief, Justine Hunte, asking if he had seen that Shkreli had “threatened that dude and his fucking kids.”

“He had to call the police, that guy. . . . This is not a fucking act. I threatened that fucking guy and his fucking kids because he fucking took $3 million from me and he ended up paying me back,” he said. “I had two guys parked outside of his house for six months watching his every fucking move. I can get down.”
Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Is Even More Terrible than You Thought

This is a child in a man's body.

Nope. He's a fucking asshole in a mans body. That will soon, hopefully, be enjoying a lengthy stint in the grey bar Hilton.

 

[waltky]

Shkreli suspended from Twitter for sexual harassment...

'Pharma bro' Shkreli suspended from Twitter for harassment
Sun Jan 8, 2017 | WASHINGTON - Former U.S. drug executive Martin Shkreli, dubbed the "pharma bro" and vilified for raising the price of a lifesaving drug by 5,000 percent, was suspended by Twitter on Sunday for harassing a female journalist.

Shkreli, a supporter of Republican President-elect Donald Trump, had dogged freelance reporter Lauren Duca, including sending her requests for dates, after she wrote an op-ed piece for Teen Vogue that was critical of Trump. Shkreli, who caused controversy for hiking the price of an anti-parasitic drug to $750 a dose while head of Turing Pharmaceuticals LLC, had his Twitter account suspended for harassment, the San Francisco-based microblogging service said in an emailed statement. After the suspension, Duca tweeted, "Why is harassment an automatic career hazard for a woman receiving any amount of professional attention?"

Martin Shkreli, former chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals and KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Inc, departs after a hearing at U.S. Federal Court in Brooklyn, New York​

Duca had drawn media attention for her article in December arguing that Trump had conned U.S. voters. Shkreli then tweeted about trying to date her, and he sent her an invitation on Thursday to attend Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration as his guest. Duca replied on Twitter, "I would rather eat my own organs." Shkreli later posted a collage of photos of Duca, and updated his profile picture with a photo of Duca and her husband showing Shkreli's face superimposed over that of her spouse. Duca retweeted the pictures on Sunday, asking Twitter founder and Chief Executive Jack Dorsey why they were allowed on the social network. "I feel sick," she wrote.

Shkreli, who is in his 30s, became known as the "pharma bro" after he taunted detractors who criticized him for increasing the price of the drug Daraprim. He was forced to step down as Turing chief executive in 2015 amid criminal and civil securities fraud charges alleging he ran a Ponzi-like scheme while at the hedge fund MSMB Capital Management and while he was top executive at Retrophin Inc (RTRX.O), another drug company. Turing is the subject of antitrust probes by the Federal Trade Commission and the New York attorney general's office stemming from its increase in the Daraprim price.

'Pharma bro' Shkreli suspended from Twitter for harassment

 

[westwall]

Shkreli suspended from Twitter for sexual harassment...

'Pharma bro' Shkreli suspended from Twitter for harassment
Sun Jan 8, 2017 | WASHINGTON - Former U.S. drug executive Martin Shkreli, dubbed the "pharma bro" and vilified for raising the price of a lifesaving drug by 5,000 percent, was suspended by Twitter on Sunday for harassing a female journalist.

Shkreli, a supporter of Republican President-elect Donald Trump, had dogged freelance reporter Lauren Duca, including sending her requests for dates, after she wrote an op-ed piece for Teen Vogue that was critical of Trump. Shkreli, who caused controversy for hiking the price of an anti-parasitic drug to $750 a dose while head of Turing Pharmaceuticals LLC, had his Twitter account suspended for harassment, the San Francisco-based microblogging service said in an emailed statement. After the suspension, Duca tweeted, "Why is harassment an automatic career hazard for a woman receiving any amount of professional attention?"

Martin Shkreli, former chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals and KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Inc, departs after a hearing at U.S. Federal Court in Brooklyn, New York​

Duca had drawn media attention for her article in December arguing that Trump had conned U.S. voters. Shkreli then tweeted about trying to date her, and he sent her an invitation on Thursday to attend Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration as his guest. Duca replied on Twitter, "I would rather eat my own organs." Shkreli later posted a collage of photos of Duca, and updated his profile picture with a photo of Duca and her husband showing Shkreli's face superimposed over that of her spouse. Duca retweeted the pictures on Sunday, asking Twitter founder and Chief Executive Jack Dorsey why they were allowed on the social network. "I feel sick," she wrote.

Shkreli, who is in his 30s, became known as the "pharma bro" after he taunted detractors who criticized him for increasing the price of the drug Daraprim. He was forced to step down as Turing chief executive in 2015 amid criminal and civil securities fraud charges alleging he ran a Ponzi-like scheme while at the hedge fund MSMB Capital Management and while he was top executive at Retrophin Inc (RTRX.O), another drug company. Turing is the subject of antitrust probes by the Federal Trade Commission and the New York attorney general's office stemming from its increase in the Daraprim price.

'Pharma bro' Shkreli suspended from Twitter for harassment

Now if only the government can put this sociopath away for a few decades.

 

[boedicca]

He's scum, but I begrudgingly like him an eensy beensy bit now that he's been suspended from Twitter for trolling a sanctimonious SJW Snowflake.

Martin Shkreli Suspended From Twitter For "Harassing" Female Teen Vogue Essay Writer | Zero Hedge

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - gag him...

Prosecutors seek gag order for pharma bro Martin Shkreli after his courthouse rant
Shkreli surprised journalists by talking to them at length unprompted; He called federal prosecutors in Brooklyn the "junior varsity"; He said one investor who testified against him wasn't a victim because she ended up making four times her money back; "Do I want to exonerate myself? Yes."

Federal prosecutors late Monday asked a judge to slap a gag order on "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli, three days after he blasted them as the "junior varsity" during a surprise courthouse rant to reporters covering his trial. Those prosecutors said Shkreli's off-the-cuff remarks, made against the desperate wishes of his lawyers, "risks tainting the jury," according to a motion filed in Brooklyn, NY, federal court. Prosecutors, who believe that Shkreli, 34, has resumed posting on Twitter under a pseudonym despite being barred from the social media platform earlier this year for harassing a female reporter, also want him barred by the judge from tweeting further about the case. If they don't get the gag order granted, prosecutors want a semi-sequestration of jurors to protect them from hearing or reading Shkreli's comments during his trial on charges of securities fraud.

And they are asking Judge Kiyo Matsumoto to bar his lawyers and prosecutors themselves from making comments to the media about the case. Their filing cites a video featuring a CNBC reporter asking Shkreli's lawyer Benjamin Brafman how he felt about his client's scathing remarks after court recessed Friday. Shkreli, who was walking alongside Brafman interjected, "He'll do whatever he wants." When the reporter asked Shkreli, "You can do whatever you want, Martin?" Shkreli replied, "Yes," according to the prosecutors' motion. Also attached to their motion were several news articles about Shkreli's comments, as well as suspected tweets under the Twitter handle @BLMBro.

Martin Shkreli on lunch break from his court trial in Brooklyn, New York​

Prosecutors wrote: "The government respectfully moves this Court for an order to limit extrajudicial statements by the defendant Martin Shkreli and counsel for all parties during the pendency of this trial." "Since the empanelment of the jury, Shkreli has engaged with the press — in apparent contravention of the instructions of his lawyers — in the courthouse itself, directly outside the courthouse and on digital media in a manner that risks tainting the jury," the motion says. "In order to protect the public's interest in a fair trial in which the jury will reach a verdict based solely on the evidence presented in the courtroom, the defendant should be restrained from further public comment during the pendency of the trial. In addition, or in the alternative, the government seeks semi-sequestration of the jury."

Prosecutors also wrote: "Unfortunately, despite the assurances of defense counsel prior to trial—as well as efforts by defense counsel to control Shkreli—once the jury was selected and empaneled, Shkreli embarked on a campaign of disruption by commenting on trial evidence and witnesses to the press and on social media, and by making a spectacle of himself and the trial directly on the courthouse grounds." "During the lunch break on June 30, 2017, the defendant paid a highly-publicized visit to reporters and members of the public in the overflow viewing room, which is located on the same floor of the courthouse in which the trial is taking place. Among other things, the defendant repeatedly commented on evidence the jury had heard just the day before and the credibility of testifying witnesses."

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[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - make him wear one o' dem S&M gags...

'Shocked' NYC judge orders ex-pharma exec Shkreli to 'stop talking'
July 5, 2017 - "There will be no more commenting by Mr. Shkreli," defense attorney Benjamin Brafman said Wednesday.

The first gag order given to former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli at his New York City fraud trial apparently wasn't enough. A federal judge at Shkreli's proceedings on Wednesday issued a revised gag order against the controversial figure -- in response to a fiery public rant he made last week and a number of postings on what could be his new Twitter account. Shkreli, former head of Turing Pharmaceuticals, is facing trial on federal securities fraud charges that stem from activities between 2009 and 2014. Specifically, prosecutors say Shkreli violated federal law when he managed two hedge funds and swindled investors.

The former Turing CEO has been vocal in the past about the case. Friday, he mounted a five-minute spiel to members of the press outside of the New York City courthouse -- an act that surprised Matsumoto, due to its potential influence on jurors. "I was shocked that there were these comments, these statements," Judge Kiyo Matsumoto said Wednesday, referring to Shkreli's outbursts. "There's a great risk jurors will be exposed."

Martin Shkreli arrives at the United States Federal courthouse in New York City last month. Wednesday, a federal judge in the case ordered the former pharmaceutical executive to stop talking about the case in public​

Matsumoto also noted that Shkreli isn't helping his case with his protracted remarks. "All your client has to do is stop talking in the courthouse and around the perimeter of the courthouse," the judge said of the new gag order. "This isn't going to help Mr. Shkreli in the end. "I would like to so order the agreement that he will not make comments in the courthouse about the evidence and the witnesses and this also includes the perimeter roads. ... I think it's inappropriate and that all the work we've done to select 18 men and women to sit on the jury would be jeopardized if he continued to do this." "There will be no more commenting by Mr. Shkreli," defense attorney Benjamin Brafman replied.

Also Wednesday, prosecutors said they have been approached multiple times by Shkreli's team concerning a possible plea agreement -- a claim that was flatly renounced by Brafman. According to the attorney, Shkreli has said, "I would never plead guilty to something I did not do. ... We are going to trial." Shkreli has been a controversial public figure in the last two years -- beginning with Turing's 2015 decision to increase the price of an AIDS medication, daraprim, by $700 per tablet. Shkreli's Twitter account was suspended earlier this year after an online altercation with a news reporter, but prosecutors said this week they suspect he created a new account and had been tweeting with it about the case. That account, too, has since been shut down by Twitter.

'Shocked' NYC judge orders ex-pharma exec Shkreli to 'stop talking'

 

[edthecynic]

Shkreli is a youthful Trump!

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - dat oughta wipe dat smirky lil' grin off his face...

Eccentric hedge fund operator Martin Shkreli found guilty of fraud
4 Aug.`17 - Martin Shkreli, the eccentric former pharmaceutical CEO notorious for a price-gouging scandal and for his snide "Pharma Bro" persona on social media, was convicted Friday on federal charges that he deceived investors in a pair of failed hedge funds.

A Brooklyn jury deliberated five days before finding Shkreli guilty on three of eight counts. He had been charged with securities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Prosecutors had accused Shkreli of repeatedly misleading investors about what he was doing with their money. Mostly, he was blowing it with horrible stock picks, forcing him to cook up a scheme to recover millions in losses, they said. Shkreli, 34, told "lies upon lies," including claiming he had $40 million in one of his funds at a time when it only had about $300 in the bank, Assistant U.S. Attorney Alixandra Smith said in closing arguments. The trial "has exposed Martin Shkreli for who he really is — a con man who stole millions," added another prosecutor, Jacquelyn Kasulis.

But the case was tricky for the government because investors, some wealthy financiers from Texas, testified at the trial conceded that Shkreli's scheme actually succeeded in making them richer, in some cases doubling or even tripling their money on his company's stock when it went public. The defense portrayed them as spoiled "rich people" who were the ones doing the manipulating. "Who lost anything? Nobody," defense attorney Ben Brafman said in his closing argument. Some investors had to admit on the witness stand that partnering with Shkreli was "the greatest investment I've ever made," he added. For the boyish-looking Shkreli, one of the biggest problems was not part of the case - his purchase in 2014 of rights to a life-saving drug that he promptly raised the price from $13.50 to $750 per pill. Several potential jurors were kept off the panel after expressing distain for the defendant, with one calling him a "snake" and another "the face of corporate greed."

The defendant also came into the trial with a reputation for trolling his critics on social media to a degree that got him kicked off Twitter and for live-streaming himself giving math lessons or doing nothing more than petting his cat, named Trashy. Among his other antics: boasting about buying a one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album for $2 million. During about a month of testimony, Shkreli appeared engaged at times, grinning when his lawyer described him as a misunderstood misfit. Other times he looked bored, staring into space and playing with his hair. Shkreli, who comes from an Albanian family in Brooklyn, was arrested in 2015 on charges he looted another drug company he founded, Retrophin, of $11 million in stock and cash to pay back the hedge fund investors.

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[sealybobo]

Somebody should kill that sonofabitch!

The crazies always kill the wrong people. So many rotten bastards deserve a bullet in the forehead yet it's the innocents who the mass-murderers attack.

How is this dweeb doing in prison? It can't be good

Martin Shkreli lost his bid to overturn a seven-year prison sentence for fraud Thursday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit affirmed Shkreli's 2017 conviction.

The appeals court judges ruled against Shkreli by a 3-0 vote. In addition to ordering him to stay in prison, the judges affirmed that he must forfeit more than $7.3 million, along with paying restitution of $388,336 and a $75,000 fine.

He's worth 27 million though so when he gets out he'll still be rich. Just with a looser butthole.

 

[westwall]

Shkreli is a youthful Trump!

He looks like peter stzroks brother.