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Martin Shkreli, the former drug firm executive who ordered dramatic price hikes of a life-saving medicine, has been barred from the industry for life.

In a decision Judge Denise Cote ordered him to repay $64.6M in profits he made from the scheme.

bbc.com/news/business-…
She ruled that Shkreli's actions had violated laws against monopolies. Shkreli is currently in prison sentence for defrauding investors, slated to be released this yr

This decision is re action he took in 2015 to raise the price of Daraprim from $13.50 to $750 about 4K% overnigh
He also designed supply agreements to block competitors from offering a generic version of the unpatented medicine, which is used to treat the parasitic disease in pregnant women and patients with Aids.
Seven states and the FTC brought a lawsuit over the conduct in 2020, saying he had violated state and federal laws that ban anti-competitive conduct.
npr.org/2022/01/14/107…
The cos’ settlement with a class led by BCBS of MN, which incl other 3rd-party insurer payers for Daraprim, comes two weeks after a judge ordered Shkreli be banned for life from the pharmaceuticals’ industry
cnbc.com/2022/01/31/com…
The settlement deal between Vyera Pharmaceutics, its parent firm Phoenixus AG, Shkreli, another former company executive Kevin Mulleady, and Blue Cross has to be approved by a federal judge in Manhattan
Feb 4th, 2022

A federal judge formally entered erstwhile “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli’s lifetime ban from the pharmaceutical industry on Friday, overruling his objections to its scope.
Knowing him, he'll enter politics
lawandcrime.com/high-profile/f…

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Feb 6
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3 U.S. Code § 15 - Counting electoral votes in Congress
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Jan 31
Some primary info that some of you might not be aware of. As Republicans have left their party in droves over the last 5 years, they haven't all switched to Democrats. The majority have switched to Independent. What does this mean

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Open to unaffiliated voters:
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Jan 30
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Jan 29
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Prepare for Russia's Response:
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Jan 28
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use of 15 shell corporations to hide his control of entities bidding on DoD contracts;
use of multiple aliases;
repeated identity theft;
collusive bids submitted by multiple Klund entities on the same contract;
irs.gov/compliance/cri…
knowingly shipping nonconforming parts and requesting payment for these parts;
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