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Shkreli had been arrested in December on securities fraudulence fees

Retrophin Inc. sued a hedge fund co-founded by its ousted chief executive, Martin Shkreli, seeking more than $2 million in unpaid principal on five financial loans from 2013.

Shkreli, the 32-year-old biotechnology company founder just who attained notoriety after increasing the price tag on a medicine for an uncommon disease by above 5000percent, is accused of illegally using Retrophin possessions to pay for people whom destroyed profit hedge funds he ran.

Retrophin sued MSMB Capital Management LLC, a fund created by Shkreli and his youth friend and long-time business companion Marek Biestek, in New York state courtroom on Tuesday. The organization requested a judge to order the investment to settle $2.18 million in key and 5percent interest.

Shkreli didn’t straight away answer a message seeking discuss the lawsuit. Their lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, declined to review.

Shkreli left Retrophin, which develops remedies for rare diseases, in September 2014. The company sued its president for $65 million in August, saying he breached their task of respect towards pharmaceutical organization in a long-running dispute over his utilization of company funds.