On Sunday, hours after infamous (former) pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli pleaded his innocence to federal security fraud charges on Twitter, things got weird. First, his Twitter name was changed to "Martin the God," then he started tweeting out profanity-laced comments about the FBI, claimed "I am now a god," and pledged to give away the Wu-Tang Clan album he reportedly spent $2 million to buy exclusive rights to hear. Perhaps fishiest of all, he tweeted out: "Anyone want free money? Willing to donate hundreds of thousands to charities before I go to prison..."
But don't worry: Shkreli's Twitter account "was hacked," according to spokesman Craig Stevens, who added in an email to Reuters, "We have been working with Twitter to get it fixed." Shkreli was widely condemned for raising the price of a life-saving drug, Daraprim, to $750 a pill from $13.50, and he's out on bail for unrelated fraud charges.
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