On Thursday, Martin Shkreli was told he would face charges for fraud — but the pharmaceutical executive appeared to have other, more pressing issues on his mind.
On the top of that list was Pokémon Go.
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After leaving court on Thursday, a New York Daily News reporter overheard Shkreli allegedly telling his lawyer, “Can I play Pokémon Go now?”
Like a child who’s misbehaved and now seeks forgiveness from a pushover parent, Shkreli appeared to be seeking respite from his impending trial.
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Shkreli, the “pharma bro” once dubbed “the world’s most hated man,” is best known for hiking the price of a drug used to treat people with HIV or cancer, Daraprim. Priced initially at $13.50 a pill, Shkreli raised the price of a drug to $750 per pill. Read more…
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