In the latest episode of “holy shit, how is this guy not in jail…oh, he is…cool”, the FBI was forced to make a statement about today’s arrest of Martin Shkreli for securities fraud.
In case you don’t know, Shkreli acquired an unreleased album by the popular rap group Wu-Tang Clan for $2M. There is only one copy of “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin” and Shkreli has it.
Or was it seized during his arrest?
The FBI says nope:
#Breaking no seizure warrant at the arrest of Martin Shkreli today, which means we didn't seize the Wu-Tang Clan album.
— FBI New York (@NewYorkFBI) December 17, 2015
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This absolute genius of a person tried to cop the album in a very direct way, which might have caused the FBI to speak out:
Just FOIA'd the FBI to try to get the Wu-Tang Clan album from Martin #Shkreli – Let's party! pic.twitter.com/Dd0nxU1DwH
— Andrew Wiseman ⚾️🗺🍺 (@wisemana) December 17, 2015
What are our thoughts at TechCrunch? Glad you asked:
Time to call Bill Murray:
Forget the $2M, this is easily the most interesting part of the whole deal between Wu-Tang and Martin Shkreli. pic.twitter.com/5nSshXhjnJ
— Rob Wesley (@eastwes) December 9, 2015
BONUS: Here were Alex‘s suggested headlines for this story:
“FBI Fails To Seize Shkreli’s Wu-Tang Clan Album, Making Them Least Popular Federal Agency For Multi-Day Period”
“Fans Promise To Take Liquid Sword Revenge On FBI After Agency Fails To Seize Wu-Tang Album”
“Old Dirty Bastard Turns In Grave After FBI Fails To Seize Singular Wu-Tang Album From Fraudster”
