Biotech bad boy Martin Shkreli isn't getting his $5M in bail money back anytime soon
Martin Shkreli and his attorney Ben Brafman JStone/Shutterstock
Martin Shkreli may be spending his days chilling in a federal prison in Brooklyn, but he’s not getting his $5 million in bail money back anytime soon.
Shkreli’s attorney Ben Brafman petitioned the judge in his case to get the bail money returned, saying that it would go to a firm charged with paying off a growing tax debt. After all, he told the court, Shkreli isn’t going anywhere. But Judge Kiyo Matsumoto waved it off.
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