UNCOVERED: 14 - The Untold Story

'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…

Tribune News Service · May 10, 2022

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 · May 5, 2022

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 · Apr 30, 2022

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…

Pedestrian.tv · Mar 30, 2022

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 · Mar 25, 2022

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 · Mar 23, 2022

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 · Mar 23, 2022

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

The Guardian - US · Mar 22, 2022

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

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Mar 21, 2022