Martin Shkreli Steers His Company From Prison—With Contraband Cellphone

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Martin Shkreli's prison to-do list: 15 push-ups in a row, and running his former pharmaceutical company by contraband smartphone

From a top bunk in a 12-person prison cell in Fort Dix, N.J., Martin Shkreli is at work on a big second act.

Wielding little more than a contraband smartphone, the disgraced pharmaceutical executive remains the shadow power at Phoenixus AG, the drug company that became a national lightning rod for jacking up the prices of rare drugs under its former name, Turing Pharmaceuticals AG. Mr. Shkreli still helps call the shots. A few weeks ago he rang up his handpicked chief executive during a safari vacation—to fire him, according...

 

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BarstoolBigCat

BRING OUR KING HOME TO US

You know being a filthy RAT used to be considered a crime in itself, I don’t know when that changed...

Applying Chapstick& Desitin every 15 minutes must be on his list somewhere!

Had a great convo with this guy post grad, so misunderstood!

So misunderstood

Epic

Time for our justice system and government to grow BALLS and shut down,fine and confiscate this scumbags assets...or ignore it and prove crime does pay...

Human garbage.

Martin Shkreli is a high-end Observer-Imitator on the empathy scale.

I almost asked who was he again? Seems like I forgot bout dude. He don't have an office area too? Obviously he paid a staff off with his billions.

I hope his booty hole gets wide as the Grand Canyon

anblanx Cell phones are rampant in most prisons

Who the FUCK is the Warden?!?!?

Most people that hate the guy don’t even know why they hate him, and if they do know then they’re severely misinformed.

Great picture as well

Is he in prison or a country club he just can’t leave?

Cut his hands off

Guard!! Guard! inmate Shkreli has a burner phone... oh right he paid you guys off to look the other way..WhiteCollarCrime

Serendipitously illustrating the commonality and parallels that blend so seamlessly between the corporate and criminal mind set netflix dirtymoney

Amazing and genius.

What happened to his little cat Trashy?

He's brilliant. I honestly don't understand everyone's hatred here for him. He's just as brilliant as Elon, Jack, Brin, Paige....

Straight g shit

Conor Oberst

Wow

Spoken like a man who lost his virginity in prison.

aeemili Christ on a cracker will no one deliver us from this miniature demon?

'Contraband.' You mean the guards look the other way because he's rich.

We need a Martin Shkreli x Billy McFarland collab

Shkreli is an American hero ... stewarding a pharmaceutical organization from federal prison ... what’s your excuse

WhitePrivilege richpeopletwitter richprivilege

He won't make it out of prison alive.

Shkreli is a boss

damn y’all didn’t even mention any of the fire shit that us friends of his have been posting from social media.

cc: EDNYnews

linksteroh I hate these people

Take away all his communications he’s a criminal not at club med!!

Maybe he needs his fingers broken. By accident of course. With a sledgehammer. Accidentally.

Let me know when he gets stabbed to death, otherwise I'm good without the updates.

Should we really be feeding this guy's ego by showcasing his prison life?

Still giving the a-hole a platform . You gonna do you.

I have been reading Shkreli’s prison blog regularly since he was locked up, I was glued to this article

Can someone just take a shot at him

“Push ups” are defined as secret prison blowjobs in this instance.

Is Manafort headed to the same RESORT-PRISON?

No way the dude can’t do 15 push-ups... come on

Most importantly.. where is the legendary 2m $ woo-tang CD?

h3h3productions

Replace that handheld computer with a cup and a string at once!

Dollar, dollar bill y'all

Well I guess prison has taught him not to be sh!tty person...

Contraband phone? Maybe the warden should look around...the WSJ found out...what bull.

It's ok to ignore the twat, too.

YA HE'S A BEAUTY 4 SURE!!!

I pray for your return everyday. God bless you my good sir. Pharmabros till death do us part

I love how his prison name is the “Asshole“ and he had to be persuaded not to join a band filled with child molesters! LOL

Wu_Tang_Finance who’s mans

TryLittleHarder Maybe we should start thinking about a ResistShkreli2024 movement. He shows a level of independence (he dgaf what people think) & resourcefulness that T lacks; also, a more vicious level of narcissism. Last, he’s more deeply embedded in a sick, sick bubble.

I remember thinking when he went to prison, the focus and isolation was just going to make him richer.

Did we expect anything less?

WhitePrivilege

News Flash: Alot of poor inmates have a contraband phone also. The new norm for the overpriced phone calls. 🤷🏾‍♀️

Privilege is so real. How the hell is this guy not being repeatedly punched in the face

More hard breaking business news fro the

WRBolen RossBolenPod ProducerMicah micahwiener

he’s a rat but a very clever rat. you gotta give him that

How is it he can still run a company and WHO would work for him!!!?

How is this not the new season of Orange is the New Black?

❤️❤️❤️

So now that we all know he's got a contraband phone, have they taken it away from him?

crampell Ummm, since we apparently know about it, howz 'bout stopping it? Please put him on GenPop for the remainder of his sentence.

Jesus Christ, can’t this dude just go away?! Stop reminding us of him. He’s a wannabe punk with money. Let him rot and don’t tell me about it

Wow are PJ and Squi there too?

So... If we know he has a contraband cell phone, how come there aren't repercussions for this?

I don’t want to hear about how he’s doing at all FFS. If he’s jeopardizing peoples lives then I’ll pay attention.

Is it possible to get Whitey Bulger's old bunkmate to join him, even for just one night?

HNTurtledove Wouldn’t be the first mobster to run his drug business from the slammer.

Appreciate the hustle despite being handed an unfair prison term. You won't see this happen to much worse pharma execs. Not going to subscribe to your garbage paper to read the article, though. FreeShkreli

rj10123

He’s like a little rascal. I half like this kid.

wow, in a ROW?

15 whole pushups? He gon be swole..

Law breaking fat cat still entitled. Fifteen pushups, hilarious and sickening at the same time.

Unreal ehat these creeps get away with OUTRAGEOUS

Where are those Sisters from Shawshank Redemption?

“Former” how is he running it? 👌🏾 he put the business 🤨 in someone else’s name 👍🏾 can’t hate on that 💯

Contraband in dark-skinned hands leads to punishment. Contraband in light-skinned hands leads to publicity.

Please with this article let them bang him again

WSJ is garbage. why keep giving this goon a voice?

Journalism

this guy is a genius!

Ughhh. Barf with this guy. I could go my whole life without seeing his face ever again.

This arrogant little weasel (Shkreli) belongs in the trump administration. His parents didn't teach him right from wrong either.

Why not reassign him to a different prison for rules infractions? There must be a prison somewhere that can control inmate access to cellphones.

F that guy put him under the prison.

So take it away?

15 pushups while jammin WuTangClan

You cannot resist giving criminals fame

commentiquette push-up contest?

he’s the real thing.. shkreli

crampell Guillotine!

15 pushups LMAOOOOO

Committing crime from prison? Fun

I was thinking about this fucboi yesterday! Lol 😂

CoachJoeyZ

where have you gone, AdamWest rip (we miss you + we need a new batman)

valuewalk

15? Dude, that’s weak bro

El hefe... El chapo moves 🤔

Wow

He needs to be in prison for life, all $$$$$ confiscated and donated to charity. But that won’t happen, he’s a capitalist, and will be given every advantage and released from prison richer than when he got in.

Wu_Tang_Finance

“Punchable face” is an understatement to say the least,

WTF!?

Searching for public attention..This kid has issues.

Dude, 15? We're sending R Kelly to be your personal trainer.

breannamorello get your man

Delete this crap. No one cares about this A-hole

If you were able to find out about the contraband surely the guards know! Why does he still have it?

I wish there was a way we could start a go fund me page that would reward his cellmates for highest wedgie? 3rd prize, to the chest 2nd prize, to eyebrow 1st prize, the sky's the limit.

Dude looks like a incel lol

SaysSimonson What a king

I fucking love this guy.

Nobody cares

I love this guy. Does something that all Pharma companies do, gets nailed to a cross by the media because he’s a smirking, doofy white male.

Sheesh 15? Dudes about to get prison big

When U got cash like him, the guards and inmates are being paid off......otherwise he woulda got shanked in the shower after he had his 1st corn bread & jello taken He'll get his on the outside, if God don't do him in 1st Piece of dog shit

A whole 15 push-ups in a row? beastmode 🙄

Successful people will be successful regardless of their environment.

It reminds me of the Supernatural episode when Dean Winchester goes to prison and thrives there.

snitch

Could we just not discuss this shitstain ever again?

Why isn’t he being moved to a max facility where he can’t get a cell phone? My guess are guards were paid off. He needs to be moved to a stricter jail Immediately

Happens all the time. Charles Kushner, father of Jared, went to prison but ran his business thru Jared, who visited dad in jail by private jet every weekend. The US is now so corrupt because billionaire crooks keep their $. Billionaires own their own intelligence agencies now

Wisco More rich, white entitlement. Did he get extra time for a 'contraband cell phone', probably not. I'm sure he'll get another one if they confiscate the first one.

Why did you write this? Why should anyone care?

My thoughts on this? Why the hell doesn't the WSJ offer a simple one or two free readings a month!!? You offer nothing. I pay for other publications just fine & they offer several free readings. UNgenerous

How can so many people know he has a contraband phone but nothing happens to him?

He's basically a Batman villain at this point.

He still looks like rumpkstilskan

Martin is 'career criminal' who robs with a pen instead of a gun. It's written all over him. Anyone who looks will find a crime. Keep looking. Hopefully, this story extends his sentence.

Scumbagreli, I am sorry for America if he ever set foothold on any public position.

Why is this pos getting more fame while in prison? Bad job out of all who's 'covering' him.

this is newsWhat has happened to your paper

Why is he still alive?

I dont like the world we live in. How is this being glamorized

MatthewMcAteer0 all I can think about is the fb like you got from him a few weeks ago 😂

If we don’t get a movie out of this, seeing his smug face this whole time has been a waste 🤷🏾‍♂️

And I’m certain he has made friends with Fleece Johnson

Why should we care about this criminal life behind bars. What's next a reality TV show? Let the same serve his time and stop reporting on how 'bad ' prison life can be.

Oopsie lol. His big fat ego is going to screw him again. Good.

emptywheel Add 10 more years.

NJ_DOC You paying attention? ....Sounds like someone's bunk needs to be tossed. 🤔

So many questions. Why does he have a phone, are the feds aware, and why fucking bring up his name again. Just deal with him being shitty, don’t give him attention wtf guys this guy ruined wu tang

Martin did nothing wrong. He should be pardoned.

ricvrdo16

No way this little punk does 15 push-ups in a row.

Don’t worry people. He’s doing his contraband via iPhone 4 📱. You didn’t think prison was going to be that good to him by smuggling him in an iPhone X📱❓

My favorite thing is how everyone is focusing on the push ups and not losing there minds that he's still running a scam pharmaceutical company that is killing people for their money.

Greedy & unethical people act in greedy & unethical ways. Neither surprising nor newsworthy. Have to report it we get that but please use it as a vehicle to talk about comprehensive reform in admin of justice (how did he get phone, why are guards incentivized to conspire, etc..)

I am intensely disappointed by the fact that he's not trending because he's dead and demand satisfaction

White privilege at its finest. 😂

Wait

America's '2-prison system' at work. Don't be fooled, folks. America's racial problems pale in comparison to America's wealth-disparity problems. They try to distract us with 'white vs black' bullshit, while the true problems in the world stem from 'rich vs poor'. TheRichAreEvil

Free the GOAT🐐

Never forget the epic comments from potential jurors for Shkreli’s case... “And he disrespected the Wu-Tang Clan” 😂

arstechnica

subscribe to pewdiepie

Respect the hustle.

Lol you snitchin

Hoping he's sick. A lot. And infirmary charges His ballooned price structure for each pill.

InternetTodayTV Weekly Weird News maybe?

Next Weekly Weird News InternetTodayTV

People hate Shkreli because he is honest about how broken our system is and unapologetic in profiting from it. Yet we celebrate others who do the same things without flaunting it. I much prefer that he's honest about it

Lobograd it’ll be a movie

Democrats , republicans, and your right to vote via YouTube

he’s working on that mixtape YungGameboyADV

Sounds like BS, are there any other sources beside Shkreli

ua_pragmatist

Some people just have a manipulative mind. No matter where they go they can find someone to control.

Why is this nerd in jail? Total lynching. You can commit voluntary manslaughter and avoid jail. This bro commits financial crimes with an immaculate record and gets crucified. For doing what every single Pharma company has done before him? This was a hit job.

But if my buddy’s had a contraband phone that’s 3 months added

Do not remind me of this dumbfuck's existence on this day

Wow. 15 pushups. He must be sooooo strong!

Scammers are gonna scam

Legend

Take his mobile away----BS!

Why do we care about this piece of filth?

Maybe his sentence wasn’t steep enough. Clearly he hasn’t learned anything from this experience. Can they revisit this sentence?

So, if he's supposed to be in prison, and it's all over the news that he has a contraband smartphone... Why er how does he still have the cell phone?

Special rules for the rich and well-connected. As always.

15? 🤦‍♀️

The American dream

Ignoring crimes and the fact that Martin Shkreli is a scammer, if there were awards for being a great troll, he would snag a nomination. Of course no one can win it until Donald Trump is alive🤣

WhitePrivilege on crack

Lmao 😂😂😂

bannerite If Shkreli wasn’t in prison, he’d probably take over Trump’s cabinet position as head of the FDA ☠️ CorruptMFers

You SHOULD be well acquainted with prison. You've been scouring them for decades begging & groveling for inmates to come do journalism for you. What's wrong?🤔I assume you & the necromancers you hired to resurrect potential employees got tired of being arrested for grave robbing.

This is getting old. They guy went to jail. That’s enough.

WHAT A DRIVEN & INGENIOUS ENTREPRENEUR!

Ummm, maybe take away his fucking phone?

Unless 'Krispy' and 'D-Block' have that Wu-Tang album, I don't want to hear shit about Martin Shkreli. ...no way I'm the first to make that crack, but seriously, I don't want to hear shit about Martin Shkreli.

emptywheel Sounds like a guy who needs a few years added to his sentence.

Is the actually making fun of Shkreli with this headline by pointing out he can only do 15 push ups in a row?

That phone will get him a trip to the 'hole' for a month or so and can add time to his stay.

The pushups will help his acclimation to maximum security

How does he not get his ass kicked every day?

Translation...he does 2 push ups but charges for 15.

Cool article. However, why isn’t it about the warden who allows felons to have phones in his prison?

Weasel

Do 15 push-ups in a row is right up there on my bucket list with 'do two sit ups in a month'

So basically he manages to remain a douchebag while incarcerated

15 push ups, he must be in protective custody.

Oh? And the Feds are aware?

Prison administration's to-do list: 1. Take away his cell phone. 2. Put his punkass in solitary.

15 push ups in a row? You dream big, champ.

Snitch.

Isn’t it common for drug lords to maintain power while in prison?

Wu_Tang_Finance

thuglife

And guess why prisons don't have jammers installed? It's because the powers that be WANT the inmates to have cellphones. Maybe they listen in. Maybe they research who calls/is being called. But shutting them all down, nope, that's not being done.

BASED SHKRELI

I kinda love the thought of Martin Shkreli carrying an iPhone XS Max in his “prison wallet”. 📱 🍑

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