State attorneys general who opposed Shkreli’s Supreme Court petition in August underscored this point, describing him as the central figure behind the price hike and monopolistic practices that kept Daraprim out of reach for many patients.
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Shkreli, who served four years in prison for securities fraud in an unrelated case, has faced additional legal controversies, including a dispute with a cryptocurrency group over ownership of a one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album. The government auctioned the album as part of an effort to satisfy the $7.3 million judgment stemming from his fraud conviction.
Shkreli was represented in his Supreme Court petition by attorney Thomas M. Huff, while the states were represented by their respective attorneys general. The case, Martin Shkreli v. Federal Trade Commission et al., is docketed as 23-1338 in the Supreme Court of the United States.
