EXPLAINED: 3 - The Real Truth

Assigning blame when startups break bad

The best con artists are the ones who identify the system’s frailties and then exploit them.

Axios · Nov 21, 2022

Disgraced Elizabeth Holmes jailed for more than 11 years over Theranos scam

One-time world's youngest female billionaire sobs as US judge says her company was dashed by 'misrepresentations, hubris and just plain lies'

Wales Online · Nov 19, 2022

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for felony fraud

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been sentenced to 135 months — or more than 11 years — in prison, following her conviction for felony fraud in one of the most closely and widely watched trials in Silicon Valley history.

Tribune News Service · Nov 18, 2022

Elizabeth Holmes faces judgment day for her Theranos crimes

A federal judge on Friday will decide whether disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes should serve a lengthy prison sentence for duping investors and endangering patients while peddling a bogus blood-testing technology

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022

Elizabeth Holmes should get 15 years in prison for fraud, US says

Former Theranos Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Holmes should spend 15 years in prison for committing one of the most serious white-collar crimes in Silicon Valley history, prosecutors told the judge who will sentence her.

Tribune News Service · Nov 12, 2022

U.S. seeks 15 years for Elizabeth Holmes over Theranos fraud

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes should spend 15 years in prison and pay $800 million in restitution to investors defrauded in the blood testing start-up, U.S. prosecutors recommended late on Friday.

Reuters · Nov 12, 2022

Elizabeth Holmes confirmed pregnant, her beloved ‘wolf’ dog Balto killed by cougar: Revelations from court filing

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Elizabeth Holmes’ dog Balto, a husky she reportedly described as a wolf, was killed by a cougar, according to a letter from her partner Billy Evans to the judge who is set to sentence her next week for felony fraud.

Tribune News Service · Nov 11, 2022

Elizabeth Holmes asks for leniency for her Theranos crimes

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is casting herself as a Silicon Valley scapegoat who overcame an abusive relationship to become a loving mother in an effort to avoid a lengthy prison sentence for duping investors in her failed blood-testing company

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2022

Elizabeth Holmes asks for a lenient 18-month sentence at home

Convicted Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes said she deserves to spend 18 months in home confinement, not prison, asking the judge who will sentence her next week to look beyond the “mocked and vilified” caricature of her as a cheat, and to instead see her as a human being.

Tribune News Service · Nov 11, 2022

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’s bid for retrial denied by federal judge

Holmes faces up to 20 years in prison after being convicted on 12 counts of fraud and conspiracy

The Guardian - US · Nov 8, 2022