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Martin Shkreli ordered to turn over all copies of unreleased Wu-Tang Clan album

Judge also bars ex-pharmaceutical executive, ‘Pharma Bro’, from streaming any more of Once Upon a Time in Shaolin

Shkreli, a former pharmaceutical executive who rose to infamy after he tried to astronomically raise the price of a life-saving drug, purchased the album for $2m in 2015 – but was forced to forfeit it in the aftermath of his 2021 securities fraud conviction for lying to investors and cheating them out of millions of dollars. Steven Cooper, an attorney for PleasrDAO, called the ruling “an important victory”, in a statement, adding that the company was pleased that the judge “recognized that immediate relief was necessary to thwart the continuing bad acts of Mr Shkreli”. The judge’s order prohibits him from “possessing, using, disseminating, or selling any interests in the Album, including its data and files”, in addition to providing a detailed accounting of where the copies are and who has access to them, along with any revenue he has received.

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