The Martin Shkreli trial roffles thread

I fully believe he belongs in a messy jail cell.

The Good Martin is in the messy room, and he can't leave...

that letter is so gross. "hey mr judge man, you don't get it, threatening people shouldn't be illegal because all my shut-in dickhead internet friends think it's funny, ps jacking up drug prices 1000% is bedroom model tinkering, i'm smart, peace"

-AIDS medication
-unreleased wu tang album
-lock of hillary's hair

poor shkreli, jailed RIGHT before collecting all the potion ingredients

— rachel axler (@rachelaxler) September 14, 2017

Which I assume is some magic tonic which will make his face stop doing that thing his face does.

Lol

This one's for Ned

And Martin Shkreli is sent to jail where he will never obtain the ham he so desires. pic.twitter.com/gnm58ZOXJY

— Courtney Enlow (@courtenlow) September 14, 2017

Hahah

I SO hope this is true, BTW

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-09-14/martin-shkreli-s-2-million-wu-tang-album-might-not-be-a-wu-tang-album

Martin Shkreli, who became notorious as the boyish Pharma Bro after he raised the price of a lifesaving drug by 5,000 percent, paid $2 million in a 2015 auction for the album. He owns the rights to do anything he pleases with it, except sell copies. But interviews with rappers and managers involved in the recording raise questions about its provenance and value: Is Once Upon a Time in Shaolin a true Wu-Tang Clan album? Or did Shkreli pay lavishly for the work of a little-known producer with a peripheral link to the storied rap group?

Shkreli, who currently faces a prison sentence for fraud, may himself have been played.

How's that eBay auction going I wonder?

End of the story says it was at 1 million so he's still losing on the deal.

http://contact.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ShowAllQuestions&iid=132319745117&requested=martishkrel_7&redirect=0&frm=2047675&ShowASQAlways=1&ssPageName=PageAskSellerQuestion_VI&clk_rvr_id=1310442671363&afsrc=1&rmvSB=true

Gonna leave this here - The "Questions/Answers" section is, um, interesting...

I’m usually not surprised by these things, but nothing sets off my “It belongs on a museum!” reaction like

The feds want Martin Shkreli to fork over the https://mobile.twitter.com/stewartbishop/status/936622249431445509 million Wu-Tang Clan Album. pic.twitter.com/5QLWcJgDP7

— Stewart Bishop (@stewartbishop) December 1, 2017

Motherfucker has an Enigma machine

So allegedly he's swole now:

https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/americas-most-hated-ceo-got-buff-in-prison-people-actually-like-him-there-heres-what-happened.html

There are no photos, only courtroom sketches, but at least according to the Post, Shkreli looked a lot harder and stronger under his blue jail uniform.

"He's got his prison muscles, the Post quotes a "source close to the defense" as saying. "They like him in there. ... They don't put their arms around him and say 'Give me your money' like they do to other new prisoners. ... They like him."

There are also two letters that he's sent that have been made public--one to a friend named Lisa Whisnant, and the other to a Brooklyn-based media company called The Tab. He seemed like he was doing OK in both letters.

"Jail has some redeeming qualities," he wrote to The Tab. "It's probably the most social environment I've been in. ... There is camaraderie akin to a military setting. You learn just how lucky you are, you help others out, learn cool slang, watch BET all day. Great times!"

Separately, he wrote Whisnant, "Things are not THAT awful here. ... There are some bright sides. I am teaching these prisoners some new things and hopefully some ways to change their lives."

There's just one small problem, per news from earlier today:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-shkreli/pharma-bro-shkreli-to-be-held-responsible-for-10-4-million-in-losses-u-s-judge-idUSKCN1GA2DB?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social

The ruling from U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto could mean more prison time for Shkreli, since the amount of financial loss plays a major role in federal sentencing guidelines. While Matsumoto must consider the guidelines at the sentencing, which is scheduled for March 9, she is not bound to follow them.

IOW, pretty much just need a batch of super serum or something and then we'll have the supervillian for the second series of The Defenders.

lol

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/03/politics/trump-maralago-remarks/index.html#

wtf wrong article

http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/05/news/martin-shkreli-wu-tang-forfeiture/index.html

How many times they gonna take away this dude's wu-tang record? Feel like I was reading that same exact article years ago

Aw.

shkreli is crying at his sentencing right now

— allie conti (@allie_conti) March 9, 2018

what a fuckin snowflake

Getting weird over there

"There's no conspiracy to take down Martin Shkreli. I took down Martin Shkreli with my disgraceful actions." lol damn dude

— allie conti (@allie_conti) March 9, 2018

lmao the judge is talking about lauren duca

— allie conti (@allie_conti) March 9, 2018

Oh my god.

oh also earlier shkreli's own lawyer mentioned wanting to punch him in the face so there's that

— allie conti (@allie_conti) March 9, 2018

And bye!

martin shkreli was just sentenced to 7 years in prison

— allie conti (@allie_conti) March 9, 2018

wow, that is unexpected. I didn't know people actually went to prison for this shit

bernie madoff? ENRON men? shkreli followed their lead, made a high profile "example"

Now I'm crying. With laughter.

I didn't know people actually went to prison for this shit

They never do in the UK, they know how to treat rich scumbags over here.

federal time has minimal parole too. he'll be in for at least 6 years. only ways out early is exemplary behavior (lol) or a drug treatment program

xxp well yea but his crimes seemed relatively minor when compared to Bernie Madoff or Enron. what was the grand total of prison years served in the subprime mortgage collapse?

obviously a well-earned sentence either way

[Outro: Judge]
Guilty, next case

xxp well yea but his crimes seemed relatively minor when compared to Bernie Madoff or Enron. what was the grand total of prison years served in the subprime mortgage collapse?

obviously a well-earned sentence either way

― frogbs, Friday, March 9, 2018 7:17 PM (sixteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the key way to do time is to be flagrant as fuck about it. enron was made an example of because it was super public, had a ton of photos of people on the street with their boxes and shit - but no other company had similar circumstances (there were other prosecutions of vile CEOS like adelphia, etc but not as high profile I guess).

the financial crisis perps had the advantage of cover. EVERYONE was guilty as fuck so it was impossible to make an example out of anyone in particular. the enron trial was also time consuming, expensive and not a guaranteed win. no ambitious prosecutor was going to take all that one and risk losing.

lmao omar

yea that makes sense

hard to imagine Shkreli's persona didn't come into play here

imagine being such an asshole that even being rich and white couldn’t save you from a hefty prison sentence, that’s like fuckin super-saiyan levels of unpleasantness

By the way:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-09-14/martin-shkreli-s-2-million-wu-tang-album-might-not-be-a-wu-tang-album

he did make a really powerful point in the midst of his tears, though

#MartinShkreli is dabbing tissue at his eyes now, his voice wavering and choked with emotion."Many of you who love me, support me and look up to me should reassess your position," he says.

— Stephanie Clifford (@stephcliff) March 9, 2018

no one has really addressed how the masses who love him and look up to him should feel. this is a tough time for shkreliNation

going to jail probably sucks

if only opera man were still around to give us "Shkreli in jaili" tomorrow night

https://slate.com/business/2018/03/martin-shkreli-is-going-to-jail-for-the-wrong-reasons.html

yep

a comeuppance that's hollow, really.

The RZA
The GZA
The SKZA

Here's the thing: I can happily agree with the larger premise of that piece and yet still be quite happy he's going to prison for a few years. The guy was clearly a showoffy, heartless dick to *everyone,* treating absolutely nothing seriously beyond his ranty power trip, and this is what it got him, and that's a chunk of his life gone and a permanent record to boot. Reform the system and target some even more egregious criminals by all means, but c'mon.

Oh for sure. Dude is a scumbag.

imagine being such an asshole that even being rich and white couldn’t save you from a hefty prison sentence, that’s like fuckin super-saiyan levels of unpleasantness

― I’m 16 and a member of UKIP’s youth wing, young independence (bizarro gazzara), Friday, March 9, 2018 4:56 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

again it was the fact that he was a public figure, easily one of the most widely reviled people in America in 2015, and was made an example of. see again: Skilling & Lay, Madoff

Kinda increasingly feeling like people who exist just to smugly wipe their asses with the social contract should be locked up on that basis alone. Or like banish him. Why don't we banish people anymore? I guess I don't know where we'd banish him. Locking him up works for me, sure.

madoff stole from, and embarrassed, rich people. that's why he's in prison for 150 years.

Think this sentence is proof that we will basically accept people being evil predatory fucks, but have zero tolerance for people publicly gloating about it like cartoon villains.

i think this sums up the reasons for the lengthy sentence quite well

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/09/martin-shkreli-sentence-jail-arrogance-sentencing-fraud