Elizabeth Holmes‘ federal prison sentence has been reduced for a second time. The disgraced Theranos founder is currently serving an 11 year and three-month-long sentence at a federal women’s prison camp in Bryan, Texas, that was initially knocked down by two years and has now been shorted by an additional …
Read More »Theranos Scammer Elizabeth Holmes Has Prison Sentenced Reduced by Two Years
Elizabeth Holmes will be spending a slightly shorter period of time behind bars. The Theranos founder’s inmate information on the Federal Bureau of Prisons website was updated to reflect a scheduled release date of Dec. 29, 2032 — shortening her sentence from 11 years and three months by two years, …
Read More »Despite Elizabeth Holmes' Best Efforts, She Is Finally in Prison
After exhausting every possible option, including literally trying to fleeing the country, Elizabeth Holmes is finally serving her 11-year prison sentence for defrauding investors in her blood-testing startup Theranos. Since being found guilty in January 2022, the disgraced CEO has used everything from conviction appeals to her own children to …
Read More »Liz Holmes Loses Latest Appeal to Stay Out of Prison, Ordered to Pay Victims
Ex-CEO of Theranos and Poster woman of girl-bossing too close to the sun Elizabeth Holmes may soon begin her 11-year sentence behind bars. On Tuesday, an appeals court rejected a bid to remain free while she fights to overturn her conviction, according to the Associated Press. In a separate ruling, …
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Alex Gibney, perhaps the world’s most prolific documentary filmmaker at the moment, has an obsession with power — and hubris. He’s taken on everyone from corrupt corporate execs (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) and the Church of Scientology (Going Clear) to Theranos grifter Elizabeth Holmes (The Inventor) and …
Read More »The Iraq War Unleashed an Age of Grift. We're Still Living in It
T he quote that would secure Jim Mattis’ reputation as the most celebrated Marine general of his generation came during meetings he hadn’t wanted to attend. It was April 2004, a half-mile east of the Iraqi city of Fallujah, which had exploded in an insurrection that threatened to doom the …
Read More »Theranos Scammer Elizabeth Holmes Tried to Flee the Country After Her Conviction: Prosecutors
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes tried to leave the country after she was found guilty of fraud last year, according to prosecutors in her case. In a new court filing obtained by Rolling Stone, prosecutors allege that they learned on Jan. 23, several weeks after she was convicted, that the scammer …
Read More »Former Theranos COO Sunny Balwani Sentenced to 13 Years for Fraud
Elizabeth Holmes‘ ex-boyfriend and Theranos‘ former COO Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani was sentenced to 155 months in prison – a month shy of 13 years – Wednesday after he was previously found guilty on 12 charges of fraud for his actions related to the blood-testing company. Balwani, who had initially pleaded …
Read More »Theranos Scammer Elizabeth Holmes Sentenced to More Than 11 Years Behind Bars
Despite her best efforts, Elizabeth Holmes will spend the next decade-plus behind bars. On Friday, a judge sentenced the Theranos founder to 11 years and 3 months in prison, plus three years of supervised release. Judge Edward J. Davila of California’s Northern District said he believed it was Holmes’ hubris …
Read More »Elizabeth Holmes and Sunny Balwani Are the Worst Heterosexuals Ever
Throughout history, there have been many heterosexuals who have sullied the good name of penis-in-vagina intercourse. There’s Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen, Tom Cruise and basically anyone he’s dated at any given time. Yet no heterosexual couple has arguably done so much harm in concert — …
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