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'Pharma bro' Martin Shkreli running business from N.J. prison with smuggled cell phone, report says
Source: NJ Advance Media
‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli running business from N.J. prison with smuggled cell phone, report says
Updated 5:06 PM; Today 2:49 PM
By Jeff Goldman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
The brash pharmaceutical executive serving seven years in a low-security federal prison in New Jersey after raising the price of a drug 5,000 percent is running his business from prison using a cell phone smuggled into the facility, according to a report.
Martin Shkreli, who is housed in a 12-man cell at Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix is still heavily involved in Phoenixus, his private Swiss drug company, WSJ.com reported. The FBI is aware of Shkreli’s activities and is investigating the so-called “pharma bro” and his associates.
Until recently Shkreli was posting missives on Twitter from the phone. He even fired his CEO - who was on a safari in Africa- over the phone, the report said.
The 35-year-old was sentenced to seven years in prison for securities fraud.
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Updated 5:06 PM; Today 2:49 PM
By Jeff Goldman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
The brash pharmaceutical executive serving seven years in a low-security federal prison in New Jersey after raising the price of a drug 5,000 percent is running his business from prison using a cell phone smuggled into the facility, according to a report.
Martin Shkreli, who is housed in a 12-man cell at Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix is still heavily involved in Phoenixus, his private Swiss drug company, WSJ.com reported. The FBI is aware of Shkreli’s activities and is investigating the so-called “pharma bro” and his associates.
Until recently Shkreli was posting missives on Twitter from the phone. He even fired his CEO - who was on a safari in Africa- over the phone, the report said.
The 35-year-old was sentenced to seven years in prison for securities fraud.
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Read more: https://www.nj.com/news/2019/03/pharma-bro-martin-shkreli-running-business-from-nj-prison-with-smuggled-cell-phone-report-says.html
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Related: Martin Shkreli Steers His Old Company From Prison—With Contraband Cellphone (Wall Street Journal)
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