Today, Elizabeth Holmes testifies in her own defense in a trial for criminal charges stemming from the collapse of the company she infamously founded, Theranos. The startup claiming to revolutionize the medical industry, and at one point valued at $9 billion, went down in a blaze of allegations of fraud as one of the worst disasters in Silicon Valley history. What went wrong?
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- U.S. v. Elizabeth Holmes, et al.
- SEC Press Release: Theranos, CEO Holmes, and Former President Balwani Charged With Massive Fraud
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