[HN Gopher] Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes turns herself in f...
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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes turns herself in for 11-year
prison term
Author : sizzle
Score : 19 points
Date : 2023-05-30 21:01 UTC (2 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
| Karupan wrote:
| As someone who hasn't followed the details of the case, was her
| long prison sentence mainly because she defrauded investors
| rather than knowingly falsifying medical tests?
| sdwr wrote:
| I never empathized with her up until watching this video. Shaky-
| cam, typical parking lot, normal clothes. That could be me!
|
| My guess is she was nervous and a bit excited, with some
| background resignation. Almost first-day-of-school vibes.
| Minimum-security must be a lot like the outside world, with less
| freedom. Another world to explore and take root in. Life goes on.
| paulddraper wrote:
| Everyone is human, with very human reactions. Even celebrities.
|
| I'm not excusing choices. Just saying we all sh*t on a toilet.
| CamperBob2 wrote:
| It couldn't be you -- or at least shouldn't be -- unless you
| defrauded investors and patients like she did.
| timbo1642 wrote:
| [dead]
| adamredwoods wrote:
| I have zero empathy for her. Defrauding actual medical patients
| is pretty bad.
|
| >> Brittany Gould testified that in 2014 she took a Theranos
| blood test at a Walgreens store in Arizona to measure a
| pregnancy hormone after learning that was expecting a baby,
| CNBC reports. After reviewing the results, Gould shared during
| the trial, "[My nurse practitioner] told me your numbers are
| falling, unfortunately, and that I was miscarrying." Because of
| those results, she switched her medication to something
| potentially harmful to the fetus. However, Gould took two more
| tests administered by Quest Diagnostics that confirmed she was
| still pregnant. She eventually delivered a healthy baby.[1]
|
| [1] https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/what-happened-to-
| eliz...
|
| Besides, Martha Stewart, a past inmate, rebuilt her empire
| after insider trading, and was recently on Sports Illustrated!
| So I'm sure Holmes will bounce back.
| flappyeagle wrote:
| Nah. People love Martha, and her crime is unrelated to her
| work and fame
| squarefoot wrote:
| > "I am devastated by my failings," she said. "Every day for the
| past years I have felt deep pain for what people went through
| because I failed them. I regret my failings with every cell of my
| body."
|
| I would award her with additional jail time just for uttering
| such bullshit.
| sheepscreek wrote:
| > She...has been ordered to pay $452m in restitution to victims
| of the fraud.
|
| With what? Does she still have that kind of money? And if she
| doesn't, couldn't she declare bankruptcy to get out of her
| obligation?
|
| I don't understand the point of having an unrealistic number like
| that. It would make more sense for Theranos to pay the
| restitution (since the entity raised the $$ and likely has the
| means).
| throwaway2729 wrote:
| This is not sarcasm. I do hope she spends the time studying what
| she should have studied before (hematology?, medical science,
| etc).
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