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Elizabeth Holmes urges judge to overturn verdict and acquit her

Elizabeth Holmes asked a judge to toss out her conviction, claiming no rational juror could have found her guilty of conspiracy and wire fraud beyond a reasonable doubt.

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'Not All Bad Things Are The Same Bad Thing': Why Is FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Comparing Luna To Netflix?

The CEO of one of the largest cryptocurrency platforms shared his take on the collapse of Terra (CRYPTO: LUNA) and the stablecoin TerraUSD (CRYPTO:

Benzinga

'Girlboss' scammer shows are everywhere. Which ones should you watch?

For the last few years, scammers and corporate con men and women (but especially women) who tricked America's elites have captured headlines. But in the last few months, the most prominent ones got the Hollywood treatment from major streaming sites: swindler-socialite Anna Sorokin in Netflix's "Inventing Anna," famous fraudster Elizabeth…

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5 unsung whistleblowers on screen

We love to hate those who refuse to follow rules. But whistleblowers for the greater good? We seem to forget them

Salon

Theranos merchandise on eBay sparks bloodlust among Elizabeth Holmes fans

Demand for products emblazoned with ‘Theranos’ logo have soared with set of five pens selling for a eye-popping $150

The Guardian - US

Showalter on "The Dropout" & con artists

"The Dropout" director appeared on "Salon Talks" to discuss comedy and why Americans keep falling for hucksters

Salon

My worst moment: ‘Ghosts’ star Utkarsh Ambudkar and the risk of doing shots before stepping on stage

It’s been an especially busy year for Utkarsh Ambudkar, who is in Hulu’s Elizabeth Holmes biopic series “The Dropout,” and also showed up in the films “Marry Me,” “Free Guy” and “Tick, Tick ... Boom!” And then there’s the biggest role of them all, as one of the leads in…

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What comes after "The Dropout" ending

The real story continues to unfurl with the Theranos trial ongoing, and the whistleblowers taking different paths

Salon

'You hurt people!' How 'The Dropout' stuck the landing on Elizabeth Holmes' downfall

"Do you really believe that?"

Los Angeles Times

Just Gonna Say It: Even Conwomen Like Elizabeth Holmes Can’t Weasel Out Of Sexism

It’s 2022 and I’m obsessed with scammers. I’ve been obsessed with scammers since Caroline Calloway popped up on my Instagram and I became obsessed with her rose-tinted, romanticized Cambridge University life. Now, my obsession with scammers has moved on and I’ve admittedly spent the last few months binging shows like Inventing…

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Trial begins for ex-Theranos exec Sunny Balwani

Balwani's trial began this week, with just a sliver of the attention as was afforded to the more public-facing Holmes.

Axios

Elizabeth Holmes and ex-lover Balwani were ‘partners in everything, including their crimes,’ prosecution alleges as his trial opens

Although Elizabeth Holmes was absent from the San Jose courtroom where her ex-boyfriend and Theranos’ former chief operating officer Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani’s felony-fraud trial started Tuesday — and where she spent many months on her way to her January fraud conviction — the founder of the failed blood-testing startup played…

Tribune News Service

How scammers and con artists became TV's laziest way to hook viewers

Once upon a time, if Hollywood told the story of your life, it was because you did something inspiring: ending British rule in India; writing one of the greatest nonfiction works of the 20th century; being, like, really good at math.

Los Angeles Times

Elizabeth Holmes looms large on first day of Sunny Balwani’s Theranos trial

Prosecutors portray ex-executive as accomplice in a health scam while defense paints picture of well-meaning businessman

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The Independent UK

Elizabeth Holmes looms over trial of former lover, partner

Although not in the courtroom, Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes loomed over the opening day of a trial that will determine whether her jilted lover and former business partner Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani was her partner in crime

Tribune News Service

Scammers, con artists and thieves: Why we keep watching, and why Hollywood keeps making

The lead characters — and probably their true-life counterparts — of “Super Pumped,” “The Dropout” and “WeCrashed” will all tell you the same thing: They wanted to change the world. The world, they say, just wasn’t ready.

Evening Standard

Elizabeth Holmes set for prison: Why Hollywood can’t get enough of Silicon Valley stories

The jaw-dropping stories of Silicon Valley’s biggest successes - and biggest failures - make for thrilling TV

The Guardian - US

Sunny Balwani’s Theranos trial delayed after possible Covid exposure

Ex-executive faces same charges as his former romantic and business partner in Silicon Valley scandal

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The Independent UK

Elizabeth Holmes' ex-lover, business partner faces own trial

Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, the jilted lover and business partner of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, will finally get a chance to defend himself against allegations that he was her accomplice in a Silicon Valley ruse revolving around a ballyhooed blood-testing technology that flopped

The Independent UK

The Dropout: Full release schedule for Elizabeth Holmes drama on Disney Plus

First three episodes arrived on Disney Plus on Friday 4 March

The Independent UK

The Dropout: Full release schedule for Elizabeth Holmes drama on Disney Plus

First three episodes arrived on Disney Plus on Friday 4 March

The Guardian - US

How Theranos drama The Dropout gets scam and tech culture right

The limited series traces how Elizabeth Holmes built a house of cards from the foundation up, without indulging in feminist antihero refashioning

The Guardian - US

Sunny Balwani trial starts two months after Elizabeth Holmes’s guilty verdict

Businessman who served as Theranos’s co-president accused of wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud investors

The Independent UK

Elizabeth Holmes may have a secret way to reduce sentence

The Theranos founder heaped much of the blame for the company’s scandalous downfall on her former partner Ramesh ‘Sunny’ Balwani, whose own fraud trial begins this week

The Independent UK

The Dropout: Amanda Seyfried explains why she did not meet with real-life Elizabeth Holmes ahead of role

‘Mean Girls’ star plays the disgraced entrepreneur in new Disney Plus series

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