Martin Shkreli ordered to forfeit one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album

Martin Shkreli.
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A judge has ordered "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli to forfeit $7.36 million to the federal government ahead of his securities fraud sentencing, including assets such as the only existing copy of the Wu-Tang Clan's Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, NBC New York reports.

Shkreli previously threatened to destroy the $2 million album after Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah called Shkreli a "s---head." Shkreli retaliated by making a video with masked henchmen in which he mocked Ghostface Killah for being "old" and called him by his "government name," Dennis.

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