Judge Sends Martin Shkreli to Jail for Facebook Post Offering Bounty for Hillary Clinton’s Hair

(CNBC) An angry federal judge revoked the $5 million bond of convicted fraudster Martin Shkreli on Wednesday and ordered him jailed after ruling the notorious “pharma bro” was a danger to the public because of his offer on Facebook of cash for samples of Hillary Clinton’s hair. Judge Kiyo Matsumoto’s ruling came at a hearing in Brooklyn federal court where Shkreli’s high-powered lawyer Benjamin Brafman pleaded with her for nearly an hour not to toss him in jail despite what the attorney said was a “stupid” Facebook post.

To read this article:

This entry was posted in Syndicated. Bookmark the permalink.

Leave a Reply