Securities fraud
'Let Him Rot in Hell': Bernie Madoff's Victims Are Not Here for His Plea to Get Out of Prison Early
The infamous Ponzi schemer is dying of kidney failure and hopes to get sympathy from a federal judge.
Martin Shkreli decided not ta fuck wit turning over his Wu-Tang album to the feds
“The Wu-Tang album is not in our possession,” a senior Justice Department official told VICE News on Tuesday.
The Weed Industry Now Has Its Own White-Collar Crime
As pot goes mainstream, it's not that surprising some industry players are allegedly engaging in 'Wolf of Wall Street'-style trickery.
Americans Started to Really Pay Attention to Drug Price Hikes in 2015
Martin Skhreli's infamous 5,000 percent price increase for an anti-parasitic drug had one positive effect: it outraged Americans enough for them to pay attention to the practices of an otherwise opaque pharmaceutical industry.
America's Least Favorite Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Just Got Arrested by the Feds
The 32-year-old who rose to national prominence when he raised the price of Daraprim, a drug that treats toxoplasmosis, from $13.50 to $750 overnight, got booked for securities fraud early Thursday.