Prosecutors Ask for 15 Years in Prison for Ex-Pharmaceutical Chief

Prosecutors have asked a federal judge to sentence ex-pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli to a stiff 15 years in prison for investment fraud. U.S. attorneys say Shkreli, who hiked the price of the anti-parasitic drug Daraprim by more than 5,000 percent, has shown no genuine remorse for his crime. Shkreli is “a man who has consistently chosen to put profit and the cultivation of a public image before all else, and a man who believes the end always justify the means,” the attorneys...

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