Martin Shkreli will his securities fraud sentence in September. He gained infamy for raising the price of a drug by more than 4,000%.
Highlights
- Martin Shkreli, 39, was sentenced to 7 years in prison in March 2018.
- “Getting out of real prison is easier than getting out of Twitter prison,” he wrote on Facebook.
- He gained infamy for raising the price of a drug by more than 4,000%.
- He was convicted of securities fraud in 2017.
- A friend of his tweeted a photo of them smiling in a car after his release, with the caption: “Picked up this guy hitchhiking.
- Says he’s famous” The release reflects the credit he received for good behavior in prison, and for completing education and rehabilitation programs while locked up, his lawyer said.