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Elizabeth Holmes

June 2024

  • white woman wearing black suit looks ahead

    Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes asks court to overturn fraud conviction

    Lawyers say improper procedures call for new trials for Holmes, who has an 11-year sentence, and Sunny Balwani

May 2024

  • Elizabeth Holmes in 2023.

    Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes has prison sentence reduced again

    Disgraced biotech company founder is now due to be released in August 2032, two years and four months before original date

November 2023

  • Josie Cox

    The problem with Sam Bankman-Fried? We wanted to believe in him

    Josie Cox
    Hungry for innovation, we’re blind to hubris, misguided egos and wishful thinking, says the journalist and broadcaster Josie Cox

October 2023

  • Emma Brockes

    Sam Bankman-Fried’s ‘young, eccentric billionaire’ shtick was just another part of the grift

    Emma Brockes
    As with Elizabeth Holmes and Billy McFarland, the story seemed too good to be true – because it was, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

July 2023

  • Elizabeth Holmes<br>FILE - Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, center, is escorted by prison officials into a federal women's prison camp on May 30, 2023, in Bryan, Texas. Federal prosecutors are seeking for Holmes to pay a monthly amount of $250 to victims of her failed blood testing startup after she leaves prison — but her attorneys have pushed back, citing the ex-Theranos CEO's “limited financial resources.” (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)

    Elizabeth Holmes’ 11-year prison sentence shortened by two years

    Release date changed to 2032, records show, but reasons for change are unclear

June 2023

  • Elizabeth Holmes arrives at federal prison to serve 11-year sentence after being convicted of fraud.

    Elizabeth Holmes objects to $250 monthly payments to Theranos victims

  • Emma Brockes

    Elizabeth Holmes’ big con deserved prison time – so why do I feel sorry for her?

    Emma Brockes

May 2023

  • Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of Theranos.

    ‘People wanted to believe the fairytale’: the downfall of Elizabeth Holmes

    Disgraced founder of fraudulent blood-testing company Theranos begins prison sentence

January 2023

  • Elizabeth Holmes outside court in San Jose in November, during her sentencing hearing. The former Theranos chief was sentenced to 11 years in prison.

    Elizabeth Holmes tried to ‘flee’ US with one-way Mexico ticket, prosecutors say

    New court filing says ex-Theranos founder booked flight departing 26 January last year, shortly after fraud conviction

January 2022

  • Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes

    First Thing newsletter
    First Thing: Elizabeth Holmes guilty on four fraud counts

    High-profile trial of the Theranos founder that captivated Silicon Valley has concluded. Plus, the next US civil war is already here

December 2021

  • Elizabeth Holmes outside court in San Jose last week.

    Elizabeth Holmes fraud trial: jury begins second week of deliberations

    Former Theranos chief faces 11 criminal charges, alleging she duped investors and patients over company’s blood-testing technology
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