NEW: Martin Shkreli is out of prison early
Martin Shkreli and his lawyer Ben Brafman. Photo: Peter Foley/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Martin Shkreli — the so-called "Pharma Bro" of Wall Street — has been released from prison early, the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed to Axios on Wednesday.Shkreli was transferred on May 18 from the Federal Correctional Institution Allenwood Low to community confinement, the FBP said in a statement.
"Community confinement means the inmate is in either home confinement or a Residential Reentry Center ," the FBP said.The other side: “I am pleased to report that Martin Shkreli has been released from Allenwood prison and transferred to a BOP halfway house after completing all programs that allowed for his prison sentence to be shortened,” his lawyer, Ben Brafman, said in a statement toShkreli, who gained notoriety for having raised the price of an AIDS drug by 5,000%, is widely known as the “Pharma Bro” of Wall Street.Shkreli was ordered to return $64.
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