Elizabeth Holmes Seeks to Avoid Prison for Theranos Fraud

Elizabeth Holmes Seeks to Avoid Prison for Theranos Fraud
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and her family leave the federal courthouse after attending her fraud trial in San Jose, Calif., on Jan. 3, 2022. Brittany Hosea-Small/Reuters
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Elizabeth Holmes urged a judge not to send her to prison, as the founder of Theranos Inc. prepares to be sentenced next week for defrauding investors in the blood testing start-up.

In a Thursday night court filing, lawyers for Holmes asked that she receive 18 months in home confinement, followed by community service, at her Nov. 18 sentencing before U.S. District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose, California.