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发帖数: 61690 | 1 Former drug company CEO Martin Shkreli has been sentenced to seven years in
prison, according to multiple reports.
Prosecutors had asked U.S. District Court Judge Kiyo Matsumototo to sentence
Shkreli to up to 15 years in prison for deceiving hedge fund investors.
Shkreli, the former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, came into the national
spotlight after he raised the price of the drug Daraprim, an anti-parasite
drug used by AIDS patients.
His actions prompted a national outcry and has fueled the recent attention
from the Trump administration and members of Congress over the rising prices
of drugs.
His sentencing was related to securities fraud connected to two hedge funds
he operated. Shkreli was convicted last August. He was convicted of lying
about losses in the funds, and paying investors back with money stolen from
another drug company he founded, called Retrophin.
Judge Matsumoto said issues of drug pricing were up to Congress, and did not
play into the sentencing. |
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