Martin Shkreli is convicted of fraud
05 August 2017 |
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Martin Shkreli was convicted of fraud by jurors in a U.S. court in Brooklyn on Friday, in a blow for the controversial financier, who had forcefully and repeatedly proclaimed his innocence.
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