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2023-05-17 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes, Partner of SD Hotel Heir, Loses Bid to Stay Out of Prison
[Times of SD ]Bitch Mommy kept getting knocked up to try and stay out of prison
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and former CEO Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani were on Tuesday ordered to pay $452 million to victims of the blood-testing startup’s fraud, and an appeals court also denied Holmes’ request to remain out of prison while challenging her conviction.

The partner of San Diego-based Evans Hotels’ heir William "Billy" Evans, Holmes rose to fame after claiming Theranos’ small machines could run an array of diagnostic tests with just a few drops of blood.

She was convicted last year of misrepresenting the startup’s technology and finances. She was sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison.

Holmes and Evans, who have two young children, were recently interviewed by a reporter for The New York Times while visiting the San Diego Zoo.

Under the restitution order made Tuesday by Judge Edward Davila, who also oversaw Holmes’ trial and sentencing in San Jose, both Holmes and Balwani are equally responsible for the full amount.

Davila rejected their argument that intervening events contributed to Theranos investors’ losses.

"The victims’ losses occurred at the moment they exchanged their money for Theranos shares," the judge said.

Holmes had asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to pause her sentence on April 25, two days before she was to report to prison.

The court rejected her argument that the appeal is likely to result in a new trial, the threshold for her to remain free on bail. The denial of bail on Tuesday means Davila will now set a new date for her to go to prison.

During the trial, Holmes testified in her own defense, saying she believed her statements were accurate at the time. On appeal, Holmes is challenging several of the judge’s rulings, including his allowance of evidence about Theranos’ test accuracy that postdated her statements to investors.

Balwani was convicted of defrauding Theranos investors and patients at a separate trial and sentenced to 12 years and 11 months in prison. He began serving the sentence on April 20, after Davila and the 9th Circuit rejected his requests to remain free on bail during his appeal.

Forbes dubbed Holmes the world’s youngest female self-made billionaire in 2014, when she was 30 and her stake in Theranos was worth $4.5 billion. Theranos, once valued at $9 billion, collapsed after a series of Wall Street Journal articles in 2015 questioned its technology.
Posted by Frank G 2023-05-17 06:55|| || Front Page|| [18 views ]  Top

#1 Perhaps they will let her stay in the special care HIV wing.
Posted by Skidmark 2023-05-17 08:36||   2023-05-17 08:36|| Front Page Top

#2 That piece of filth.

"Holmes and Evans, who have two young children, were recently interviewed by a reporter for The New York Times while visiting the San Diego Zoo."

That was just sickening, even for the New York Slimes.

The denial of bail on Tuesday means Davila will now set a new date for her to go to prison.

Uh-huh, sure, sure. Until that piece of filth hears a cell door close behind her, I won't believe that she sets foot in a prison anytime soon.

Same for that fat f*ck Scam Bankrupt-Fraud.
Posted by DooDahMan 2023-05-17 08:47||   2023-05-17 08:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Silver linings

Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes is ordered to repay Rupert Murdoch the entire $125 MILLION he invested in her blood-testing start-up as part of $452m restitution, with judge saying she must be jailed while appealing conviction
Posted by Skidmark 2023-05-17 10:19||   2023-05-17 10:19|| Front Page Top

#4 The Bene Gesserit witch will find out The Voice does not work in prison.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2023-05-17 12:10||   2023-05-17 12:10|| Front Page Top

#5 "her father was an executive at Enron"

As we said growing up:
F!'d up parents; f!'d up kids.
Posted by mossomo 2023-05-17 15:52||   2023-05-17 15:52|| Front Page Top

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