Martin Shkreli, a former pharmaceutical executive known for raising the price of a life-saving drug by 5,000%, was released from prison and transferred Wednesday to community confinement, the Federal Bureau of Prisons told NPR.
Community confinement refers to home confinement or a halfway house, according to the bureau’s statement. Shkreli’s projected release date from the Bureau of Prisons is Sept. 14.
In a Wednesday Facebook post, Shkreli shared a selfie with the caption “Getting out of real prison is easier than getting out of Twitter prison.”
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