Prosecutor Calls Shkreli a Liar in Closing Arguments

By Patricia Hurtado and Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou, Bloomberg News

Martin Shkreli could only sit and listen as a federal prosecutor tore into him, calling him a liar who doubled down on his crimes when the going got tough.

The flamboyant former pharmaceutical executive who’s maintained a high-profile social media presence is known more for hurling obnoxious insults at his Facebook or Twitter followers than taking criticism silently. But Thursday, during four hours of closing arguments in his fraud trial in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, he had no choice.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Alixandra Smith outlined the government’s case against him, ...