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# Feds Set To Seize Control Of $2 Million Wu-Tang Clang Album As Buyer Arrested For Securities Fraud
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/feds-set-to-seize-control-of-2-million-wu-tang-clang-album-as-buyer-arrested-for-securites-fraud/
- Published: 2015-12-17T15:23:23.000Z
- Updated: 2015-12-17T15:23:23.000Z
- Description: The strange saga of the single copy Wu-Tang Clan album purchased by Martin Shkreli for $2 million got even stranger today, with the former hedge fund manager's morning arrest for. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/12/feds-set-to-seize-control-of-2-million-wu-tang-clang-album-as-
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Antiparasitic, Bernie Sanders, Bloomberg L.P., Brooklyn, CBS News, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Martin Shkreli, music industry, Securities fraud, Wu Tang Clan, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:22

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The **strange saga o**f the single copy **Wu-Tang Clan** album purchased by **Martin Shkreli for $2 million** got even stranger today, with the former hedge fund manager's morning **arrest for securities fraud a**nd the U.S Attorney demanding the **forfeiture of “any property**, real or personal.

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Earlier this month ,Wu-Tang Clan sold the only copy of their newest album “Once Upon A Time in Shaolin” for $2 million to Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical industry executive who was arrested by federal agents this morning on securities fraud.

Since the Wu-Tang album is Shkreli’s exclusive property, and Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Robert Capers is seeking the forfeiture of “any property, real or personal” acquired with the proceeds of his alleged securities fraud, there’s now a possibility that the federal government could eventually take control of “Once Upon A Time in Shaolin” and perhaps put it up for a second auction.

Read the story from Bloomberg Business [here](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-17/now-what-happens-to-martin-shkreli-s-wu-tang-record-?ref=hypebot.com).

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