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‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Has Been Running Company From Prison With Smuggled Cellphone

‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Has Been Running Company From Prison With Smuggled Cellphone

Martin Shkreli seems to be running his pharmaceutical company using a contraband cellphone while serving a seven-year prison sentence for conspiracy and securities fraud related to his work with other companies, CNN reports. On a recent phone call with company leadership, Shkreli is reported to have fired CEO Kevin Mulleady before later changing his mind […]

5y ago

‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Cries In Court, Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison

‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Cries In Court, Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison

Martin Shkreli, known as the smirking “Pharma Bro” who became famous for hiking the drug price of a life-saving drug, was sentenced to seven years in prison. The 34-year-old was convicted of defrauding investors in two hedge funds he operated. Shkreli was accused of sending fake account statements to cover up huge losses. Shkreli used […]

6y ago

Martin Shkreli Argues In Favor Of Keeping His Assets As Hedge Fund Investors Made ‘Substantial Money’

Martin Shkreli Argues In Favor Of Keeping His Assets As Hedge Fund Investors Made ‘Substantial Money’

“Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli is scheduled to be sentenced on March 9 for convictions on two counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy. However, the 34-year-old appeared in court on Friday to ask the judge to toss out one of the securities fraud convictions. Not only would the action make a potential 20-year […]

6y ago

Hillary Clinton’s Hair Worth $5,000 A Strand — Weird Plucking Offer Puts Guy In Jail

Hillary Clinton’s Hair Worth $5,000 A Strand — Weird Plucking Offer Puts Guy In Jail

Martin Shkreli has gone to jail after offering a bounty for a strand of Hillary Clinton’s hair. The 34-year-old is often referred to as Pharma Bro because of an astronomical price hike of a lifesaving drug he put in place a while back, which gave him his first 15 minutes of fame. Shkreli didn’t expect […]

7y ago

Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Bail Revoked, Judge Calls Him ‘Danger To Society,’ Locks Him Up

Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Bail Revoked, Judge Calls Him ‘Danger To Society,’ Locks Him Up

“Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli, who was out on bail pending his sentencing for swindling hedge fund investors, has had his bail revoked by a judge who has put him behind bars for being a “danger to society. Shkreli had been ranting on Facebook with what amounted to threats against Hillary Clinton and her hair. Shkreli […]

7y ago

Martin Shkreli’s eBay Listing Up To $100,000 For Sale Of Wu-Tang Clan CD, But He Might Break It At Any Point

Martin Shkreli’s eBay Listing Up To $100,000 For Sale Of Wu-Tang Clan CD, But He Might Break It At Any Point

Martin Shkreli is a former pharmaceutical CEO who evokes strong feelings among people in the public. Now, Shkreli is back in the news due to selling what has been called the rarest album in the world, according to Newser. Martin has placed the album titled Once Upon a Time in Shaolin by Wu-Tang Clan up […]

7y ago

Martin Shkreli Claims To Have Hillary Clinton’s Deleted Emails, Posts Cryptic Message Hinting He’s In Danger

Martin Shkreli Claims To Have Hillary Clinton’s Deleted Emails, Posts Cryptic Message Hinting He’s In Danger

Martin Shkreli posted a series of seemingly bizarre claims on Wednesday, saying that he had Hillary Clinton’s deleted emails as well as her DNA, then posting what appeared to be a cryptic comment insinuating that his life was in danger. The controversial pharmaceutical executive, notorious for his provocative behavior and sometimes outlandish claims, posted a […]

7y ago

Martin Shkreli AKA ‘Pharma Bro’ Found Guilty Of Securities Fraud And Conspiracy

Martin Shkreli AKA ‘Pharma Bro’ Found Guilty Of Securities Fraud And Conspiracy

Martin Shkreli, also known as “Pharma Bro,” was dealt some justice after all of the legal loopholes he has used to increase the price of a life-saving HIV drug. In this case, however, it wasn’t increasing the price of the drug by 5,000 percent that got him in trouble. Instead, he defrauded investors of more […]

7y ago

Amidst The Martin Shkreli Trial, The Pharma Bro Appears On List Of New York’s Top Tax Delinquents

Amidst The Martin Shkreli Trial, The Pharma Bro Appears On List Of New York’s Top Tax Delinquents

New York State has published a list of its top 250 tax delinquents, and “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli, who is currently on trial for securities fraud, is in the top fifteen, owing approximately $4 million. While prosecutors are explaining to the jury the extent of Shkreli’s schemes and crimes, his lawyer claims that as an […]

7y ago

Fed Prosecutors Ask Judge To Gag ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli In Court After Nasty Comments

Fed Prosecutors Ask Judge To Gag ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli In Court After Nasty Comments

Federal prosecutors want to gag former hedge fund manager and “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli as he is facing multiple counts of securities fraud. Prosecutors insist that Shkreli is being intentionally disruptive, insulting the prosecution team with his own agenda of rhetoric. Shkreli, who is often seen making faces, was even asked during congressional testimony if […]

7y ago

‘Pharma Bro’ Troll Martin Shkreli Gets Dog Poop To The Face At Canceled Milo Yiannopoulos Rally

‘Pharma Bro’ Troll Martin Shkreli Gets Dog Poop To The Face At Canceled Milo Yiannopoulos Rally

Protesters at UC Davis showed “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli and Milo Yiannopoulos exactly what they thought of their appearance on campus by throwing dog poop, and landing a blow in the face of pharma pro Shkreli. Shkreli and Yiannopoulos both banned by Twitter, showed up for an event sponsored by the Davis College Republicans, that […]

7y ago

Martin Shkreli Leaks Song From Lil Wayne Album ‘Tha Carter V’ On Periscope

Martin Shkreli Leaks Song From Lil Wayne Album ‘Tha Carter V’ On Periscope

Martin Shkreli may have obtained a copy of the officially unreleased Lil Wayne album Tha Carter V. After teasing Twitter about the acquisition, Shkreli told his followers that he would debut the music on Periscope once enough people were watching. It turns out that album was the long-awaited collection of new tracks by Lil Wayne, […]

8y ago

Bernie Sanders, Martin Shkreli, Engage In Twitter Battle: Senator Says, ‘They’re Crooks And Proud Of It’

Bernie Sanders, Martin Shkreli, Engage In Twitter Battle: Senator Says, ‘They’re Crooks And Proud Of It’

Bernie Sanders, the former presidential hopeful for the Democratic Party, and Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical executive who came to public notice after he drastically hiked the price of a certain life-saving drug, are at opposite sides of a few particular political issues, and it came bubbling to the surface on social media recently. Shkreli responded […]

8y ago

Martin Shkreli: Disgraced ‘PharmaBro’ Defended The EpiPen Price Hike, Because Of Course He Did

Martin Shkreli: Disgraced ‘PharmaBro’ Defended The EpiPen Price Hike, Because Of Course He Did

Martin Shkreli, the disgraced pharmaceutical company CEO who famously raised the price of a life-saving antiparasitic drug from $13 to over $750 per dose, has injected himself into the EpiPen controversy, and you can guess whose side he’s taking. As USA Today reports, Shkreli sat down with CBS News this week to give his thoughts […]

8y ago

Here’s What Martin Shkreli Had To Say About Mylan’s EpiPen Price Increase

Here’s What Martin Shkreli Had To Say About Mylan’s EpiPen Price Increase

Martin Shkreli got the opportunity to pontificate about Mylan Labs using its monopoly on epinephrine to increase the price by 500 percent. Shkreli was widely vilified for doing the same thing last year when he was the head of Turing Pharmaceuticals. Martin Shkreli paid $55 million for the U.S. rights to Daraprim then increased the […]

8y ago

Thursday’s Geoff Rickly Cuts Ties With ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli

Thursday’s Geoff Rickly Cuts Ties With ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli

Geoff Rickly, frontman of recently-reactivated post-hardcore band Thursday, came under fire late last year for his commercial connections to “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli. Rickly’s vanity record label, Collect Records, had reportedly received financial backing from Martin. Shortly after news of Shkreli’s pharmaceutical price gouging made international headlines in September 2015, drawing universal disdain from both […]

8y ago

Former ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Believes Hillary Clinton’s Health Issue May Be Parkinson’s Disease

Former ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Believes Hillary Clinton’s Health Issue May Be Parkinson’s Disease

Theories are everywhere about what is wrong with Hillary Clinton. Many of the Democratic nominee’s adversaries have been critiquing every move the presidential hopeful makes, suspicious that Clinton’s health may not be as solid as she’d like everyone to believe. Former “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli offered up his own idea up what might be wrong […]

8y ago

Martin Shkreli To Be Memorialized In Satirical Musical

Martin Shkreli To Be Memorialized In Satirical Musical

Martin Shkreli will be memorialized in a satirical musical performance — if a theater group can raise enough money to fund the production. According to reports, the working title of the show is “Martin Shkreli’s Game: How Bill Murray Joined the Wu-Tang Clan.” New York Post reports the production will include numerous songs, including “I’m […]

8y ago

Martin Shkreli Heads Back To Court, Faces New Federal Indictment

Martin Shkreli Heads Back To Court, Faces New Federal Indictment

Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical executive who infamously price-gouged AIDS patients, found himself in federal court again today where federal prosecutors made it clear that Shkreli might face additional criminal charges stemming from an earlier venture with pharmaceutical company Retrophin. “I think today was a good day for Martin Shkreli,” said his attorney Ben Brafman after […]

8y ago

‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Claims Someone Scammed Him For $15 Million Over Kanye West’s ‘The Life Of Pablo’

‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Claims Someone Scammed Him For $15 Million Over Kanye West’s ‘The Life Of Pablo’

It’s almost like Martin Shkreli can’t catch a break these days. Ever since he invoked a hogshead of karmic comeuppance in the wake of a pharmaceutical price-gouging scandal last year, the 32 year-old poster boy for unrestrained, free market capitalism has experienced more bad fortune than good, including a recent foul-up that has allegedly cost […]

8y ago

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