Blood-Testing Tech Entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes Found Guilty of Fraud and Conspiracy

Blood-Testing Tech Entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes Found Guilty of Fraud and Conspiracy
Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and former CEO of blood testing and life sciences company Theranos, arrives for the first day of her fraud trial, outside Federal Court in San Jose, Calif., on Sept. 8, 2021. Nick Otto/AFP via Getty Images
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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty on Monday of conspiring to defraud investors in her blood-testing startup that she has built into a $9 billion company.

A jury in San Jose, California, found Holmes guilty of four of 11 charges of fraud after seven days of deliberations, with each count carrying a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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