Shkreli's Ponzi Scheme Trifecta: Lies, Deceit And Greed
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
With the answer to the big question about Martin Shkreli out of the way – The FBI confirmed it didn't seize his $2m one-of-its-kind album of the American hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan – what investors and patients likely are wondering is where do his companies, Turing Pharmaceuticals AG and KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Inc., go from here?
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