“Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli offers Sam Bankman Fried advice about surviving prison

As FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried faces up to 115 years in prison Other high-profile executives are facing similar conspiracy charges for various reasons. cryptocurrency Millionaire, some tips on how to get out of prison.

Martin Shkreli, well-known as “Pharma Bro,” reacted to Bankman-Fried’s potential prison sentence In an interview with Laura Shin, she expressed concerns about the disgraced founder FTX. “effeminate.”

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“Sam isn’t exactly gonna be somebody that fits into prison. You know, my advice for him includes shaving his head, my advice for him includes deepening his voice,” Shin was told by Shkreli about Shin podcast Unchained. “Sam is going to have a lot of issues because he is a bit of an effeminate guy, and his demeanor, some people say [an] autistic sort of sense or sensibility is not something that goes over well in prison.”

Shkreli was found guilty in federal court of two counts of securities fraud, and one count for conspiring to commit securitiesfraud after investors discovered that he had lied about two hedge funds and the pharmaceutical company he started. Shkreli was sentenced for seven years in federal jail in 2018, before being released in May 2022.

Before that, Shkreli was widely criticized for raising the price of a vital drug used to treat AIDS by 5,455% and then posting on social media that he was disappointed he didn’t raise the price even higher — prompting widespread backlash. Shkreli was given the moniker “Monk” for his actions. “Pharma Bro.”

Drawing on his own experience, Shkreli suggested Bankman-Fried should prepare for prison by listening to rap music and “trying to learn everything there is to know