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    Martin Shkreli is trying to use the coronavirus pandemic to get out of prison

    Martin Shkreli, currently serving a seven-year sentence for securities fraud, has a pitch to authorities: Let me out of prison for a few months and I’ll help stop the novel…
    by Damian Garde and Adam Feuerstein Apr 06, 2020 2 minutes
    Source: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

    Martin Shkreli, currently serving a seven-year sentence for securities fraud, has a pitch to authorities: Let me out of prison and I’ll help stop the novel coronavirus.

    The disgraced biotech entrepreneur is asking for a “brief” three-month furlough from his federal penitentiary in Allenwood, Penn., to spend time researching potential treatments for Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus.

    “As a successful.

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