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Note that this does not have anything to do with his pricing of pharmaceuticals. From a different article: "Prosecutors say Shkreli looted his drug company to
by setra 9y ago
Note that this does not have anything to do with his pricing of pharmaceuticals. From a different article:
"Prosecutors say Shkreli looted his drug company to pay back investors in two failed hedge funds he ran. The defense says investors got their original investments back and even made hefty profits."
- loeg 9y agoIn theory it had nothing to do with it, although it's not clear that the prosecution would have gone after him without that negative attention. Also, it had an effect on the juror pool.
- zokier 9y agoWas it the nazis or soviets (or both) who made effectively everyone criminal so that they could then persecute them at will?
- beagle3 9y agoIt's almost every country these days, see e.g. https://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp/1594035229 https://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp... - which has a slightly clickbaity title, but worrying content. But it seems Shkreli's transgressions are not of the "three felonies before breakfast" variety, but rather things that are indeed often prosecuted (though, it should be noted, as everyone wronged was made whole, it is likely that he would not have been prosecuted if he had not been in the media spotlight as a villain; other remarks here mentioned that the founding of Fedex had a similar fraud committed, for example).