Get out your tiny violins. Martin Shkreli, the man America loves to hate, appears to have lost $15 million in bitcoins after he tried to buy the rights to Kanye West??s new album.
The now-ex-CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, who hiked the price of HIV medication by 5,000 percent, was trying to buy Kanye West??s album from his record label so he could sell it on to his fans.
In an outcome that proves karma can be a b*tch sometimes, Shkreli got scammed into virtually handing over thousands of bitcoins to someone pretending to be ??Kanye??s boy?.
On Sunday, Shkreli tweeted that he had sent the payment to someone called Daquan and didn??t receive anything in return. Shreli proceeded to lose his s**t, throwing a Twitter tantrum.
In the midst of his angry tweets, he even said, ??I quit rap.?
If he follows through on that threat, it would be great news for fans and artists of the genre who were outraged when he bought the only copy of Wu Tang Clan??s single Once Upon a Time in Shaolin for $2 million.
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Shkreli, America's most 'hated' man, loses $15M in bitcoin with Kanye album scam ? RT USA