Martin Shkreli violated lifetime pharma industry ban, FTC and states say in contempt claim

The Federal Trade Commission and seven states asked a federal judge on Tuesday to hold notorious "Pharma bro" Martin Shkreli in contempt, alleging he "flagrantly and repeatedly violated" a 2022 civil court order that had banned him for life from the pharmaceutical industry. The FTC and the states say Shkreli, since being released from prison in May 2022, violated that court order by "publicly trading in pharmaceutical industry stocks and broadcasting his opinions about the business and management of many pharmaceutical industry companies.