UPDATE 1-Ex-drug executive Shkreli's U.S. fraud trial set for June 2017
July 14, 2016 at 14:59 PM EDT
NEW YORK, July 14 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday scheduled a trial for June 2017 in the U.S. government's securities fraud case against former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli, who became a lightning rod last year for criticism of soaring prescription drug prices.