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impartial. here s abc s linsey davis. reporter: tonight the so-called bad boy of pharmaceuticals, martin shkreli, is getting ready for trial. martin, do you think you will be able to get a fair trial? reporter: during jury selection, potential jurors have been skewering the former drug company exec. one calling him a snake, another saying he s the face of corporate greed in america. nearly 200 jurors dismissed. some for those strong opinions. they have to find people who could be fair, and that doesn t necessarily mean they have to know nothing about the case, but they certainly can t think that he s a snake. reporter: u.s. prosecutors accused shkreli of a ponzi-like scheme involving his drug company and a hedge fund. i m innocent, and i intend to prove it. reporter: we interviewed him back in 2015. i m not a greedy person. reporter: shkreli has continued to cultivate his bad boy image. smirking in front of congress, and banned from twitter for trolling journalist
conspiracy to commit securities fraud and three counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. seven counsels. federal officials summed up a securities fraud trifecta of lies, deceit and greed. charges are linked to a biotech firm he founded in 2011. as reported by bloomberg, prosecutors are accusing him of running a ponzi-like scheme saying he illegally took stock from that firm and used it to pay off debts from unrelated business dealings. the same day he posted $5 million bond and was released, and by friday he was resigned as the pharmaceutical company turig s ceo. he took to twitter on saturday, tweeting i m confident i will revail. allegations against me are baseless and without merit. for the past three days many in america have been treating his arrest like an early christmas present. but here s the thing. his viral infamy, his status as the so-called most hated man in