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Witnesses in Shkreli case worried about retaliation: U.S. prosecutors
Source: Reuters
World | Fri Feb 19, 2016 1:41pm EST
Witnesses in Shkreli case worried about retaliation: U.S. prosecutors
NEW YORK | BY NATE RAYMOND
U.S. prosecutors said several witnesses in the criminal securities fraud case against notorious former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli are concerned about retaliation and have received threats from him in the past.
Prosecutors cited the concern about witness intimidation in a brief filed late on Thursday in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, as they sought to delay a related U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit.
The brief opposed a bid by Shkreli, 32, to take depositions and to obtain evidence in the SEC's civil case, saying doing so would result in the early disclosure of information not normally available to defendants until late stages in criminal cases.
Among the reasons for putting the SEC case on hold, prosecutors said, was the "well-founded concern of witness intimidation based on defendant Shkreli's past behavior."
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Witnesses in Shkreli case worried about retaliation: U.S. prosecutors
NEW YORK | BY NATE RAYMOND
U.S. prosecutors said several witnesses in the criminal securities fraud case against notorious former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli are concerned about retaliation and have received threats from him in the past.
Prosecutors cited the concern about witness intimidation in a brief filed late on Thursday in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, as they sought to delay a related U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit.
The brief opposed a bid by Shkreli, 32, to take depositions and to obtain evidence in the SEC's civil case, saying doing so would result in the early disclosure of information not normally available to defendants until late stages in criminal cases.
Among the reasons for putting the SEC case on hold, prosecutors said, was the "well-founded concern of witness intimidation based on defendant Shkreli's past behavior."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-shkreli-idUSKCN0VS2ET
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