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'Pharma bro' fraudster Martin Shkreli: I want to serve prison in a minimum-security federal camp

By Dan Mangan Martin Shkreli asks to serve fraud sentence in minimum-security camp "Pharma bro" fraudster Martin Shkreli is asking to be sent to a minimum-security federal camp in Pennsylvania to serve the rest of his seven-year prison sentence. Shkreli's...

Martin Shrkeli sentenced to seven years in federal prison

'Pharma Bro' tearfully apologizes, smirks no more March 9, 2018 NEW YORK (AP) -- Martin Shrkeli, the smirking "Pharma Bro" vilified for jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug, was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison for defrauding investors in two...

State prison in Yuma on lockdown after 600 inmates riot

The Arizona State Prison Compex in Yuma was placed on lockdown Thursday night after a riot broke out involving 600 inmates, the state Department of Corrections said. In a statement posted on its Facebook page late Thursday, the agency said the incident took place in the...

Father allegedly raped, beat twins kept in captivity for years

By Joshua Rhett Miller A father in Minneapolis allegedly raped, starved and beat his twin daughters over the course of several years while keeping them chained to doors and beds — and even fathered two children with one of the girls, both of whom are disabled. Jerry Lee Curry,...