Martin Shkreli Pays $3 For Only Copy Of Final 'Tops In Blue' Album
NEW YORK — With a winning bid of $3, the humanitarian pharmaceutical executive now accused of securities fraud has become the sole owner of the final album released by the Air Force’s traveling show choir Tops In Blue.
Martin Shkreli purchased the album, “Sexual Inyourendo,” from an online ad on Craigslist just weeks after he paid more than $2 million for the sole copy of The Wu-Tang Clan's new album.
Though Shkreli may have to surrender the Wu-Tang album if found guilty of securities fraud, the Justice Department said in a statement that it would not try to seize the Tops in Blue album since it has negative value.
“We are just pleased that a buyer was found — stunned, really," said a member of the group, who requested anonymity on the grounds that he soon would return to his regular unit, mowing golf courses for fighter pilots. "Not that many people are into synthesizers and jazz hands these days."
Shkreli, the former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, first made headlines in September after…
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