I don't know all the facts but from what I understand a Ponzi scheme involves people losing money. That never happened. Nobody lost any money, it was all legit. Again, not an expert on this case but I do believe he is just an ah that is innocent.
@beastmode:
What he was arrested for is completely separate from his drug price hike. He was a hedge fund manager, started losing money, then started his own company and borrowed against it to make pay backs. He used his investors to pay back his bad debts while creating more bad debt, or something like that. That's what might bring him down, not raising the price of his drugs. 4951