Judge orders 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli to return copies of rare Wu-Tang album

Martin Shkreli forfeited the only physical copy to pay off court debts after being convicted of securities fraud.

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Shkreli, a former drug firm executive, previously forfeited the album's only physical copy to pay off court debts - after being convicted in 2017 of securities fraud.

But the album's current owner has accused Shkreli of retaining digital copies and playing the music for others, breaking the forfeiture order.

Shkreli has been told to turn over all copies of the album by the end of the week.

Multi-platinum hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clain created just one copy of the album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, and auctioned it in 2015 under the condition it could never be released publicly.

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