Judge orders 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli to surrender all copies of rare Wu-Tang Clan album
A New York federal judge on Monday ordered notorious "pharma bro" Martin Shkreli to surrender any copy he retains of a rare Wu-Tang Clan album, "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin," which he previously forfeited to the U.S. government after being convicted of securities fraud in 2017. The order came in response to a lawsuit by the one-of-a-kind album's owner, PleasrDAO, which accused him of retaining digital copies of the hip-hop rarity and playing it online for listeners in violation of the forfeiture order. PleasrDAO, a Cayman Islands-based company, had paid $4.75 million for "Once Upon a Time Shaolin" in two separate transactions in 2021 and 2024. Brooklyn federal court Judge Pamela Chen last month barred Shkreli, who was released from prison two years ago,
