The very first time I heard the name “Martin Shkreli,” it was mispronounced: “Shuh-KREL-EE,” a source told me over the phone. (It’s actually “Shhhkrel-EE.”) This, I was told, was the name of a young hedge fund and pharmaceutical company founder who was known for loudly trashing companies online while shorting their stocks. He was also a target of a criminal fraud investigation, but that news hadn’t been publicized. I was being given this scrap of information as a scoop.
