The Karma Police have arrested failed hedge fund manager and World's Worst Person Martin Shkreli. No, WAIT! Those are the actual real police arresting him for fraud! Sadly, he was released this afternoon after posting $5 million bail.

Here's the perp walk photo of this douchebag you've been dying to see:

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Shkreli first made news in September when the New York Times published a story explaining how Shkreli's start-up, Turing Pharmaceuticals, bought the rights to the drug Daraprim—mainly used to treat a parasitic infection called toxoplasmosis, which can be life-threatening to babies, cancer patients, and AIDS patients—and immediately jacked up the price per pill from $13.50 to $750.

Back then, he looked like this:

Shkrelis better days
  • Shkreli's "better" days

Everyone from Hillary Clinton to Bernie Sanders (two people who don't agree on much) called him out for being an asshole.

But that didn't stop him. Let's take a look at a few more ways Shkreli is a twerp and bask in the schadenfreude of his arrest.

In addition to gouging the ill and possibly dying by increasing the price of just one life-saving drug by 5,500 percent, Shkreli doubled down and also jacked up the price on a drug that treats Chagas disease, which causes lethal heart problems for some.

But wait, there's more!

If you can stomach it, here is a video of Shkreli flirting in a most disgusting way with a 17-year-old and live streaming it:

If you make it far enough in, you'll hear Shkreli tell the gal that he "has no friends." But then he hedges (see what I did there?) and says, "One of my good friends is in Rikers right now."

Which leads to the next example of how Shkreli is a complete waste of space: Yesterday, online magazine HipHop DX posted this interview with Shkreli where he claims to be negotiating the release of rapper Bobby Shmurda, who's currently awaiting trial at Rikers Island Correctional Facility in New York City. But it's not that the two are friends, of course. Here's a snippet of the interview:

I’m a fan and I’m a business man. I’m not going to do this for free. [Laughs] He’s going to have to do something for me. I don’t know what that’s going to look like yet. He’s going to owe me one, obviously. I’d like to pay for his legal defense as well. I’m a big fan, but also, I’m an opportunist. You know that. I see an opportunity here... Look, the guy’s going to have to record for me if he comes out. I’ll just come out and say it. If I’m gonna post his bail, pay for his trial, get him a “Not Guilty” verdict... With the right lawyer, it’s just a matter of money. I see opportunity.

Probably Shmurda shouldn't hold his breath, considering Shkreli was just released from jail on $5 million bond after a Thursday hearing. Not only that, but the stock value of his companies is plummeting and there are reports all over the interwebz that he was, frankly, horrible at his job in addition to being a horrible person.

As most people know, Shkreli paid $2 million for the lone copy of The Wu-Tang Clan's "Once Upon A Time in Shaolin." Not too long after that he said some pretty misogynistic things to/about Taylor Swift.

So, all I really wanted for Christmas was to see this asshole get what he deserves, and it looks like I got my Christmas miracle. As The Atlantic pointed out today, Wu-Tang fans might also get their Christmas wish, as the Feds could take advantage of this country's asset forfeiture law (which I usually think is a horrible thing, but go Feds!) could free up that album no one was going to get to hear.

Merry Schadenfreude Christmas, everyone!