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Jury finds Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes guilty in fraud trial

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Jane Lanhee Lee and Jody Godoy, Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes arrives to attend her fraud trial at federal court in San Jose, California, U.S., December 16, 2021. Peter DaSilva, Reuters" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/reuters/01/04/20220104_elizabeth.jpg"/><figcaption>Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes arrives to attend her fraud trial at federal court in San Jose, California, U.S., December 16, 2021. Peter DaSilva, Reuters</figcaption></figure></div>SAN JOSE, California - A U.S. jury on Monday found Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes guilty of conspiring to defraud investors in the blood testing startup. Holmes was convicted on four of 11 counts.She was acquitted on four counts and the jury could not reach a decision on three counts.Prosecutors said Holmes, 37, swindled private investors between 2010 and 2015 by convincing them that Theranos&#x27; small machines could run a range of tests with a few drops of blood from a finger prick.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/03/15/18/former-biotech-star-charged-with-fraud-over-blood-testing-claims">Former biotech star charged with fraud over blood-testing claims</a></li></ul><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/09/25/21/theranos-founder-wooed-believers-in-parallel-universe">Theranos founder wooed believers in &#x27;parallel universe&#x27;</a></li></ul>Holmes was also charged with misleading patients about the tests&#x27; accuracy.Holmes rose to Silicon Valley fame after founding Theranos in 2003.Wealthy private investors including media mogul Rupert Murdoch invested millions in the company after meeting with the founder who was known for her Steve Jobs-like black turtleneck.The case has shed light on Theranos&#x27; failed endeavor to revolutionize lab testing. The company secretly relied on conventional machines manufactured by Siemens to run patients&#x27; tests, prosecutors said.Theranos collapsed after the Wall Street Journal published a series of articles that suggested its devices were flawed and inaccurate. Holmes was indicted in 2018 alongside Theranos&#x27; former chief operating officer Ramesh &quot;Sunny&quot; Balwani.She had pleaded not guilty to nine counts of fraud and two counts of conspiracy. Balwani also has pleaded not guilty and will be tried at a later date.During the trial in San Jose, California, which began in September, jurors heard testimony from former Theranos employees who said they left the company after witnessing problems with its technology.Investors testified that Holmes made misleading claims about Theranos, such as that its machines were being used in the field by the U.S. military. And former patients told jurors that they would not have used Theranos&#x27; tests if they had known the tests were flawed.Prosecutors said had Holmes been truthful with investors and patients, the venture never would have attracted critical funding and revenue.&quot;She chose fraud over business failure. She chose to be dishonest,&quot; Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeff Schenk said at the start of closing arguments. &quot;That choice was not only callous, it was criminal.&quot;Testifying in her own defense at trial, Holmes said she never meant to deceive anyone and that Theranos&#x27; lab directors were in charge of test quality. In closing arguments, defense attorney Kevin Downey said the evidence did not show Holmes was motivated by a cash crunch at Theranos, but rather thought she was &quot;building a technology that would change the world.&quot;&quot;You know that at the first sign of trouble, crooks cash out,&quot; but Holmes stayed, Downey said. &quot;She went down with that ship when it went down.&quot;(Reporting by Jane Lanhee Lee in San Jose, Calif., and Jody Godoy in New York Additional reporting by Ann Saphir in Oakland, Calif. Editing by Noeleen Walder, Peter Henderson and Matthew Lewis)<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0d33x7VMv0g?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

A U.S. jury on Monday found Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes guilty of conspiring to defraud investors in the blood testing startup.

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Jury finds Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes guilty in fraud trial

Jane Lanhee Lee and Jody Godoy,

Reuters

Published January 04, 2022 09:08 AM PHT

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