They say karma keeps receipts and that certainly seems to be the case for Martin Shkreli (a.k.a. “Pharma Bro”).
The smug 34-year-old investor/douchebag/online troll was just found guilty of three counts of fraud after being accused of defrauding his hedge fund investors and a pharmaceutical company.
In case you need a reminder: Shkreli became public enemy #1 back in 2015 when he jacked up the price of an AIDS medication called Daraprim from $13.50 a pill to $750 a pill literally overnight. He later went on TV to say he regretted not raising the price even higher.
Related: Pharma-Bro Regrets Not Charging Even More For AIDS Drug, “I Could Have Raised It Higher”
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Today’s conviction seemed to come as a complete surprise to Mr. Shkreli, who insisted throughout the five-week trial that he was “so innocent” and said the judge, jury, and prosecutors would all apologize to him later.
During the trial, Shkreli went to great lengths to appear as though he didn’t take any of the accusations against him seriously, pretending to read a book during the prosecution’s rebuttal argument and calling prosecutors names like “junior varsity.”
Despite Shkreli’s lawyers’ fleeting attempts to paint their client as a “brilliant man who could pioneer new cures for diseases,” the jury was not convinced.
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According to the Washington Post, Skreli became visibly upset and “shook his head in apparent disbelief when the first guilty verdict was read.” Afterwards, he called the whole thing “a witch hunt of epic proportions!”
Shkreli faces up to 20 years in prison.
mattachinepodcast
Pretty happy about this news today.
dinard38
It would be awesome if this sleazy, slimeball snake would be sentenced and serve the entire 20 years, What a damn prick!!!
Frankly Wild
Oh, SO well said.
BriBri
With any luck. The prison shop price for lube will go up 10,000%. Boy, bend over, I’m going in dry!
scotty
if you think they sell lube in the commissary then ive got some bridges in new york im letting go of real cheap…think prison lube = butter patties from the rolls from lunch and dinner. now that’s prison lube. but he’s a douche and deserves no lube and a reverse pineapple anal insertion everyday at 420
BriBri
Butter patties? Lucky if it’s margarine.
BriBri
That reminds me of a story that this elderly gay couple loved to recount about the days before lube. They were traveling one weekend and the only thing they could come up with to use was orange marmalade!!
Invader7
So glad the d-bag ,low life, smug, arrogant, sleazy,slimy selfish a-hole got what he DESERVED. Along with the Mooch , the Wall Street scumbags are going down. Finally.Long overdue the rich get a taste of REAL justice!!!
Herman75
I listened to his lawyer speak after the verdict, calling Shkreli all kinds of wonderful names, hope for the future of medicine and all that. The Government lawyers were not very kind when they spoke although they couldn’t say too much yet.
Juanjo
He was kind enough to give a very public interview to the press in which he was, shall we say, unrepentant and asserted he was too rich to go to jail. I think we have a contender for the Leona Helmsey Award this year. Judge really don’t like convicted felons who come in to be sentenced who are unrepentant.
Josh447
He’ll give new definition to the term “bitch boy” when the grizzlies get their big bad paws on that low brow butt boy. He’s in for some very long very scary very sleepless nights.
Billy Budd
Fabulous news. Now Shkreli will pay for his sins. He is a disgusting human being. Maybe he is not EVEN a human being.
BigG
Karmas a real bitch!
Quay0001
He’s kind of cute, can we say prison bitch?
Creamsicle
Cute? He has America’s most punchable face. I would want to punch him in the face even if he hadn’t committed fraud and exploited patients with compromised immune systems. Let’s not forget that doesn’t end at HIV+ patients; it includes cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy. The guy is the scum of the earth. Think of how much good could have been done with the money he used to set up his pharmaceutical racket.
Sammy Schlipshit
Bring back public stocks…as in head and arms captured…a pillory.
This is how Drumpf got started. A spoiled rich kid with no morals nor compassion for anyone. Same kinda cretin in the making.
Will he serve any time at all? Doubtful. He’s rich. We all know they get away with murder…and worse.
Creamsicle
The best thing that the sentencing judge could do for his or her re-election campaign is throw the book at this asshole; send him to a maximum security penitentiary and make him ineligible for parole.
mikeTigg
Nice to know that steaming turds like him get their comeuppance.
CanadianGuy62
I hope he gets raped in each of his orifices on a daily (maybe even hourly) basis.
He’s a scum-sucking pig!