Theranos in a sentence

Her top lieutenant at Theranos, and much older boyfriend at the time, Ramesh Balwani, was found guilty of 10 counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud at Theranos.

After dropping out of Stanford University at age 19 to start Theranos in 2003, Holmes went on to attract billions in investments, leading her company to be valued at more than $9 billion at one point.

Disgraced Theranos co-founder Elizabeth Holmes’ prison sentence has been reduced by two years, according to the Bureau of Prisons records.

Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of the blood testing start-up Theranos, must report to prison on May 30 after a court blocked her efforts to remain free on bail while she appeals her fraud conviction.

Federal prosecutor Robert Leach argued her conviction for engineering a conspiracy justified restitution of nearly $900 million to repay Theranos investors swept up in her lies.

Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos reportedly gave Holmes $100m while the Theranos founder has been ordered to pay back media mogul Rupert Murdoch $125m, according to court documents.

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes leaves federal court in San Jose, Calif.

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes leaves federal court in San Jose, Calif., Friday, March 17, 2023.

In case you’re wondering, Ms. Holmes speaks in a soft, slightly low, but totally unremarkable voice, no hint of the throaty contralto she used while running her defunct blood-testing start-up Theranos.

She burned a tribute to Theranos.

Synanon and the like sit alongside stories of Theranos, crypto frauds, pyramid schemes and QAnon not just on streaming services, but also within the greater misinformation and disinformation diaspora.

The judge’s denial of Balwani’s request to remain free on appeal may not bode well for Holmes, Theranos’ CEO and founder.

The most obvious is Shultz’s involvement, in his twilight years, with Theranos Inc. and its disgraced founder Elizabeth Holmes.

Cryptocurrency fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried received more than double the prison sentence of Theranos scammer Elizabeth Holmes, but only a small fraction of the term slapped onto infamous financial criminal Bernie Madoff.

Theranos, once valued at $9 billion, claimed that its machines could conduct more than a thousand tests — for everything from cancer and diabetes to pregnancy and HIV infection — using just a few drops of blood from a finger-prick.

I'd heard about this book - the story of the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and her company Theranos - long ago, but I only decided to read it when preparing readings for my course.

Ignoring fashion worked for Steve Jobs, and disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes wore the same all-black outfit every day because she said it cut one thing to worry about from the day and allowed her to focus only on work.

Theranos sold a product that was too good to be true.

At Theranos, you were being told every day if you put on your LinkedIn that you worked here you're going to get sued for breaking your nondisclosure agreement.

Not long after, the Theranos case ballooned up into reporter John Carreyrou’s investigative work.