Quote
'Pharma Bro' Shkreli sentenced to 7 years for defrauding investors
World
Saturday, 10 Mar 2018
5:09 AM MYT
By brendan pierson
___________________NEW YORK (Reuters) - Martin Shkreli, the former drug company executive who made headlines by jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug before he was found guilty of defrauding investors, was sentenced to 7 years and a $75,000 fine on Friday.
The sentence from U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, was shorter than the 15 years asked for by prosecutors but much longer than the 12 to 18 months Shkreli's lawyers had sought. Shkreli did not visibly react as the sentence was announced.
Shkreli's lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, told reporters after the hearing that he was "disappointed" by the sentence.
- Star Online link
~
I'm disappointed he didn't get a slap or two across the face ...
~