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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli released from prison early

Martin Shkreli arrives at US district court for the third day of jury deliberations in his securities fraud trial in the Brooklyn, New York, in 2017.
Martin Shkreli arrives at US district court for the third day of jury deliberations in his securities fraud trial in the Brooklyn, New York, in 2017. Photograph: Amr Alfiky/Reuters

Martin Shkreli, the “Pharma Bro” entrepreneur who astronomically increased the price of a life-saving drug by 5,000%, and became a symbol of corporate Wall Street greed, has been released from prison.

In a statement released on Wednesday, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said he had been released to a halfway house.

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