Martin Shkreli: “The most hated man in America”

As he heads to court, Martin Shrekli appears to be revelling in his status as the most unpopular man in America.

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Martin Shrekli: not popular
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When pharma entrepreneur Martin Shkreli shot to fame in 2015 for hiking the price of Aids drug Daraprim by 5,000%, many predicted that karma would deliver a comeuppance. Sure enough, a few months later "the FBI woke him on a rainy December morning and frogmarched him to a Brooklyn courthouse to face charges of defrauding investors to the tune of $11m", says the Financial Times.

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