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Oops, He Did It Again – Another Charge Against Shkreli

 
• By Donna Young

Prosecutors unsealed an additional charge of conspiracy to commit securities fraud against Martin Shkreli – infamously known for hiking up the price of a toxoplasmosis medicine by 5,000% – bringing the total number of criminal counts against the former drug company CEO to eight.

Former pharmaceutical company CEO Martin Shkreli – once dubbed the most hated man in America for hiking up the price of a toxoplasmosis drug last year by 5,000% – has racked up another criminal charge, which could add to the possible jail time he's already facing with the earlier seven counts, including securities fraud, brought against him this past December.

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