He has actively defended his business practices on Twitter, tweeting as recently as Saturday that the allegations against him were “baseless”.
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Shkreli’s stunning arrest on Thursday stemmed from previous hedge fund and biopharmaceutical companies he owned and later left. Shkreli is also the CEO of KaloBios, a publicly traded company that saw its shares drop 53 percent yesterday.
Shkreli denied the charges in court and was released after posting US$5 million (S$7 million) bond.
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And his “future endeavors” include fending off charges of securities fraud filed against him on Thursday.
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Shkreli rose to fame earlier this year after his company raised the price of drug Daraprim 5,000%.
And despite defending his decision and continuing in his role as Chief Exec of Turing Pharamceuticals, Shkreli has now been arrested on suspicion of fraud.
He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison if convicted on all seven counts.
For some, contempt for Shkreli reached its zenith with the disclosure that he had purchased “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin”, a one-copy-only album from legendary NY rap group the Wu-Tang Clan.
“Shkreli has become the Wolf of Pharma Street – he’s basically come to represent everything that was bad and wrong with pharma”, Art Caplan, a medical ethicist at New York University, said by phone. We remain committed to ensuring that all patients have ready and affordable access to Daraprim and Vecamyl.
He said, “The charges announced today describe a securities fraud trifecta of lies, deceit and greed”. Undeterred, he launched himself in 2011 into the pharmaceuticals business as CEO of Retrophin, which ousted him past year.
That hedge fund and a second one collapsed, prosecutors say.
“For me and many entrepreneurs, it more goes back to the high school than the university”, Shkreli told CNNMoney in March.
A person close to SeraCare told CNBC that some board members were also likewise doubtful about the offer, and also questioned Shkreli’s ability to pay.
The shareholder said he later notified the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn and the SEC in 2012 of his belief that Shkreli had lied in a securities filing connected to his ownership of SeraCare’s shares. After his arrest, its stock fell by more than half Thursday before trading in the company was suspended. I missed you too,”while responding to their comments”.
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When Donald Trump called him a “brat”, Shkreli said: ‘My parents were immigrants and janitors. Retrophin’s board removed Shkreli as chief executive in September 2014, saying he used the company’s funds to pay off investors who lost money at his hedge fund.
