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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts) Wed Sep 23, 2015, 06:06 AM Sep 2015

CEO Martin Shkreli Wanted to Make Former Colleague and Family Homeless

When Martin Shkreli and his company Turing Pharmaceuticals hiked the price of the lifesaving drug Daraprim, he became, for many, the embodiment of corporate greed and a modern day Mr. Burns. While the former hedge fund manager turned biotech entrepreneur has never tried to block out the sun, his record is replete with similar instances of questionable and even criminal behavior.

The court case: In 2013, while Shkreli was serving as CEO of the biopharmaceutical company Retrophin, he reportedly engaged in a litany of harassment against company employee Timothy Pierotti. In a sworn affidavit to New York's State Supreme Court, Pierotti claimed Shkreli and the company had hacked into his AOL, Gmail, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts and Shkreli sent a letter to Pierotti's wife saying, "I hope to see you and your four children homeless and will do whatever I can to assure this."

http://mic.com/articles/125657/turing-ceo-martin-shkreli-wanted-to-make-former-colleague-and-family-homeless

I wonder what China would do if they had a CEO like this?

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CEO Martin Shkreli Wanted to Make Former Colleague and Family Homeless (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Sep 2015 OP

Is there no way to shut this little POS down? 7wo7rees Sep 2015 #1

If somebody's kid dies from an infection because of this asshole Orrex Sep 2015 #6

Honestly, it looks like Shkreli needs to be committed. LuvNewcastle Sep 2015 #2

He's already committed Orrex Sep 2015 #4

This guy is a psychotic Dorian Gray Sep 2015 #3

The silver lining is he exposed how immoral capitalism is Ichingcarpenter Sep 2015 #5

7wo7rees

(5,128 posts)

1. Is there no way to shut this little POS down?

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 06:51 AM

Sep 2015

Honestly, please. There has to be a way!
What is it?

Orrex

(63,216 posts)

6. If somebody's kid dies from an infection because of this asshole

Reply to 7wo7rees (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 07:20 AM

Sep 2015

Then this asshole will be dead by the end of that week.

I don't advocate violence, but this seems more or less inevitable.

LuvNewcastle

(16,847 posts)

2. Honestly, it looks like Shkreli needs to be committed.

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 07:06 AM

Sep 2015

Orrex

(63,216 posts)

4. He's already committed

Reply to LuvNewcastle (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 07:19 AM

Sep 2015

To being a disgusting asshole.

Dorian Gray

(13,496 posts)

3. This guy is a psychotic

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 07:09 AM

Sep 2015

maniac. Seriously has problems. How the hell has he risen to have any sort of power????

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)

5. The silver lining is he exposed how immoral capitalism is

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 07:20 AM

Sep 2015

and what's wrong with the pharmaceutical industry.
Think about it he puts profits over dying and sick people

he did what he did because he could in the system we have.

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