text: Martin Shkreli just can’t help himself. The notorious “pharma bro” who was recently convicted on three counts of fraud in connection with hedge funds, was released on $5 million bail, but his behavior since then has led to the Justice Department pushing for him to be locked up ASAP. 
   
   Earlier this week, Shkreli said in Facebook post (which he has since deleted), “On HRC’s book tour, try to grab a hair from her,” adding “Will pay $5,000 per hair obtained from Hillary Clinton.” He later claimed it was a form of satire, but it was enough for the DOJ to file a motion on Thursday arguing that Shkreli is a danger to society and his bail should be revoked. 
   
   “Shkreli’s latest threat is concerning not only because it has required a significant expenditure of resources by the United States Secret Service, which is charged with protecting Secretary Clinton,” the motion says, “but also because there is a significant risk that one of his many social media followers or others who learn of his offers through the media will take his statements seriously — as has happened previously — and act on them.” 
   
   Shkreli drew the ire of the nation in a separate matter, when as a pharmaceutical CEO he raised the price of the drug Daraprim from $13.50 per dose to $750. 
   
   Shkreli’s lawyers have until Tuesday to file a response, with a hearing to follow on Thursday. 
   
   Thursday night, after the motion was filed, Shkreli was back at it on Facebook, saying his initial post was “just a prank, bro!” 
   
   Clearly, he thinks the government is lacking a sense of humor. While Shkreli may be laughing now, he is facing as much as 20 years in prison for his crimes. ||||| CLOSE Martin Shkreli is the former CEO of the biotech firm Retrophin, as well as the founder of Turing Pharmaceuticals AG. He went on trial, accused of defrauding investors of two hedge funds. Newslook 
   
   File photo taken in Aug. 2017 shows so-called Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli (center) speaking to news reporters after he was convicted on three of eight criminal counts in a Brooklyn federal court trial. (Photo: Drew Angerer, Getty Images) 
   
   NEW YORK — Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli's recent actions could cost him his freedom, even before he's sentenced for his recent criminal conviction on fraud-related charges. 
   
   Federal prosecutors late Thursday moved to revoke Shkreli's bail, arguing that his recent conduct — including purported "threats and harassment" against former secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential race loser Hillary Clinton — show he poses a "danger to the community." 
   
   In a Brooklyn federal court filing, prosecutors cited the 34-year-old New York pharmaceutical industry entrepreneur's offer of $5,000 to anyone who would "grab" some of Clinton's hair for him during her upcoming book tour. 
   
   "Shkreli's latest threat is concerning not only because it has required a significant expenditure of resources by the United States Secret Service, which is charged with protecting Secretary Clinton, but also because there is a significant risk that one of his many social media followers or others who learn of his offers through the media will take his statements seriously — as has happened previously — and act on them," prosecutors wrote in a legal motion. 
   
   U.S. District Court Judge Kiyo Matsumoto, who presided over the trial that ended with Shkreli convicted on three securities fraud-related counts of the eight criminal charges against him, ordered Shkreli's defense team to file a response to the government motion by Tuesday. She scheduled a Sept. 14 hearing for legal arguments on the issue. 
   
   Apparently unrepentant, Shkreli wrote in a Thursday night Facebook post: "Hillary Cliinton's presumptive agents are hard at work. It was just a prank, bro! But still, lock HER up. Spend your resources investigating her, not me!!" 
   
   Shkreli could face up to 20 years in prison for the convictions. However, he has no prior criminal record and is expected to face less serious punishment. His defense lawyers also plan to appeal the convictions. 
   
   Defense attorney Benjamin Brafman on Friday filed a motion seeking that seeks to overturn the guilty verdict the Shkreli jury voted against him on a charge of conspiracy to commit securities fraud. Prosecution evidence supporting that charge was "legally insufficient" to be weighed by the jury, Brafman argued. 
   
   Shkreli has been free on a $5 million bond following his Dec. 2015 arrest on charges he bilked investors in two healthcare industry-focused hedge funds and then improperly took money to repay them from Retrophin, a pharmaceutical company he previously headed. 
   
   However, Shkreli is best known to the U.S. public and the world for imposing a 5000% price hike on a medication used to treat a parasitic illness that typically afflicts those infected with the HIV virus or others with weakened immune systems. 
   
   Jurors convicted Shkreli on fraud charges, but found him not guilty of the allegations involving Retrophin. 
   
   In arguing for bail revocation, prosecutors also said he made at least two public statements in which he harassed specific women near the end of his trial and since his Aug. 4 conviction. 
   
   In January, he was banned from Twitter for harassing Lauren Duca, a freelance writer who had authored an opinion essay that criticized President-elect Trump before his Sh. Focusing again on Duca as his trial neared a close, Shkreli wrote in a Facebook post: "trial's over tomorrow, b------. Then if I'm acquitted, I get to f--- Lauren Duca[.]" 
   
   CLOSE Martin Shkreli -- the so-called “Pharma bro” awaiting a verdict in a criminal fraud trial -- has taken to social media once again. Buzz60 
   
   Prosecutors argued that on Sept. 4, Shkreli posted on Facebook that he would pay $5,000 to anyone who "grab[s]" hair from Secretary Clinton during her book tour. 
   
   Secret Service agent sought to question Shkreki about the posting, but he declined to meet with them, prosecutors wrote. 
   
   In the past, some Shkreli fans have taken specific actions at Shkreli's request upon his offer of payment. Prosecutors cited a USA TODAY news story that recounted how a recent Princeton University graduate completed the solution of a mathematical proof after Shkreli offered a $40,000 scholarship to anyone able to complete the task. 
   
   "Shkreli's own prior actions, and his influence over others who have previously acted in reliance on his statements, demonstrate why the government views his latest actions with concern," prosecutors concluded in their bail revocation motion. 
   
   Follow USA TODAY reporter Kevin McCoy on Twitter: @kmccoynyc 
   
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target: – Martin Shkreli's lawyer may think his client is "brilliant beyond words," but the convicted pharmaceutical exec's latest move on social media wasn't exactly a genius one. Per LawNews, the Justice Department filed a motion Thursday to revoke Shkreli's $5 million bail after a now-deleted Facebook post he made earlier this week made weirdly threatening comments directed toward Hillary Clinton. "On HRC's book tour, try to grab a hair from her," he wrote, adding he'd compensate anyone who did so for their efforts: "Will pay $5,000 per hair obtained from Hillary Clinton." The DOJ says his remarks show he's a "danger to the community," per USA Today. The motion notes that a "significant expenditure of resources" now has to be put out by the Secret Service staff tasked with protecting Clinton (she's afforded such protection as a former first lady). Shkreli tried to defuse the situation by posting, "It was just a prank, bro!" on Facebook Thursday evening, followed by an expletive-tinged rant against the "government" and a dare to "come at me with you hardest because I haven't seen anything impressive yet." Shkreli's attorneys need to file a response to the DOJ motion by Tuesday; a Thursday hearing will follow. (It may be hard for him to concentrate on his eBay auction with all of this going on.)