Hated Wu Tang Clan album buyer Martin Shkreli's Twitter account has reportedly been hacked. Shkreli purchased the singular copy of their album Once Upon A Time In Shaolin and was recently arrested by the FBI for committing stock fraud. Shkreli has, in the past, said that the counts against him are "baseless," but new tweets from his hacked account say otherwise, one going as far to say "I am now a God." Further tweets say that he is selling Once Up A Time In Shaolin for retweets and that he is handing out "free money."
The tweets, reported by NME, have since been deleted and a representative for Shkreli released a statement that read, "We have been working with Twitter to get it fixed."
Shkreli reportedly purchased the album for $2 million earlier this month. In the past, he'd been a friend of the music industry and had been a co-owner of Collect Records, also partly owned by Geoff Rickly of Thursday. The infamous pharma bro has been charged with stock fraud and spending money garnered from his biotechnology firm, Retrophin Inc.
Shkreli was vehemently criticized publicly for increasing an HIV drug by 5,500 percent after the patent had expired. Daraprim, the drug in question, went up from $13.50 to $750 each.
He is the CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals and he has done multiple interviews in order to defend his decision. But unfortunately for those suffering from HIV, Daraprim still remains at the price of $750 per pill. His purchase of Once Upon A Time In Shaolin was reportedly made in a price gauging deal and RZA of Wu Tang Clan has said that he was unhappy to learn who purchased it.
Shkreli was arrested at his home in Manhattan and the FBI tweeted that they had not taken Once Upon A Time In Shaolin during the arrest. He pleaded not guilty at a federal court in Brooklyn when charged with seven counts of securities and fraud, as well as conspiracy. He took to Twitter to thank any supporters after being released on a $5 million bond, as well as announcing that he was resigning as CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals.
