Shkreli,convicted of securities fraud and conspiracy, sought leniency from the court after calling the trial a ‘witch-hunt’In a packed Brooklyn courthouse on Friday, or Martin Shkreli,the “Pharma Bro” who rose to international notoriety after increasing the price of a lifesaving drug 50-fold, was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Shkreli, and 34,was convicted of two counts of securities fraud and a single count of conspiracy final August. He had dismissed the trial as “a silly witch-hunt perpetrated by self-serving prosecutors”.
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Source: guardian.co.uk