From my limited understanding, he broke the law but was able to return all the funds to investors. So there weren't damages per se, but I think statutory penalties instead.
Okay, interesting. Although it seems a bit strange that this would end up in Washington at the federal level, i.e. Justice Department..
I don't think that they have to deal with just any case of fraud, even big ones. But I could be mistaken.
But if the Justice Department handles this I wouldn't be surprised if this whole thing gets kind of, well, political..
Also, this somehow begs the question who brought the charges in Shkreli's case.