“Most despised person” the US faces up to 20 years in prison In the World : Vladim

News 31 December, 2017

Often called the most hated man USA Evan Griebel recognized by the jury guilty of complicity in the numerous frauds with securities. At the moment he faces up to 20 years behind bars. Griebel, as is known, represented the legal interests of the former head of the pharmaceutical companies Turing Pharmaceuticals and Retrophine Martin Shkreli.

 

Prosecutions indicate that Griebel together with a group of his accomplices managed to convince major investors to invest in two subsequently bankrupt the Fund. In addition, he completely squandered assets Retrophine. The Prosecutor’s office claims that a lawyer in order to handle with personal debt, went to the embezzlement of $ 11 million.

Shkreli in August was convicted of cheating investors. In addition, he was accused of conspiring with Gribelin in order to commit the theft of Retrophine, but directly blame Shkreli then failed to prove. He is also the former head of the company of all charges in the party vehemently denies.

His fame Shkreli acquired after the scandal that was associated with the artificial increase of prices for medicines. He personally bought the rights to manufacture the drug “Daraprim”, which is used to treat toxoplasmosis and raised the price from 13.5 to $ 750 for a pill.