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Court Upholds 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli's Conviction


FILE - In this courtroom sketch, former pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli (L) listens as his lawyer Ben Brafman (2nd-L) speaks to Judge Kiyo Matsumoto, top right, in federal court on March 9, 2018, in New York.
FILE - In this courtroom sketch, former pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli (L) listens as his lawyer Ben Brafman (2nd-L) speaks to Judge Kiyo Matsumoto, top right, in federal court on March 9, 2018, in New York.

A federal appeals court has upheld the securities fraud conviction against former drug company CEO Martin Shkreli.

Shkreli was sentenced to seven years in prison last year for looting a drug company he founded, Retrophin, of $11 million to pay back investors in two failed hedge funds he ran.

A message requesting comment was emailed to Shkreli's legal team Thursday.

Before his arrest, Shkreli was best known for buying the rights to a lifesaving drug at another company in 2014 and raising the price from $13.50 to $750 per pill.

He also gained notoriety for attacking critics on social media under the moniker "Pharma Bro." He was barred from Twitter for posts about a female journalist.

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