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Who are the rats in this scenario?
Retrophin Inc. chief executive Stephen Aselage told jurors in federal court in Brooklyn on Thursday that Martin Shkreli, the former pharma exec currently being tried for securities fraud, was like "the pied piper."
"He tells a story, sings a song, everyone wants to follow him," Aselage testified. "He can do that — it was a unique talent."
Aselage was of course equating Shkreli's talents to that of the German legend, "The Pied Piper of Hamelin." According to…