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  • World Street | GM pauses EV charge, GameStop rally plays on, Theranos founder back for blood, and more

    World Street | GM pauses EV charge, GameStop rally plays on, Theranos founder back for blood, and more

    From Elizabeth Holmes appealing her 11-year prison sentence to Singapore Airlines offering compensation to passengers injured during a turbulent flight, here are some of the major developments from across the world.

  • Elizabeth Holmes gives birth to second child ahead of 11-year jail sentence in Theranos scam

    Elizabeth Holmes gives birth to second child ahead of 11-year jail sentence in Theranos scam

    The founder and former CEO of Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes faces 11 years in prison for defrauding investors.

  • The A-Z of Tech and Startups: A 2022 guide from Moneycontrol

    The A-Z of Tech and Startups: A 2022 guide from Moneycontrol

    As we prepare to ring in 2023, Moneycontrol's Tech and Startup team put together a handy glossary of names, themes, and trends that became part of our vocabulary in 2022.

  • Who is Sunny Balwani, former Theranos COO sentenced to 13 years in prison

    Who is Sunny Balwani, former Theranos COO sentenced to 13 years in prison

    Former Theranos COO Sunny Balwani has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for his role in the blood testing startup fraud. Here's what we know about the former Theranos executive.

  • Theranos' former chief operating officer Ramesh Balwani sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison for fraud

    Theranos' former chief operating officer Ramesh Balwani sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison for fraud

    Ramesh Sunny Balwani, 57, of Fremont was sentenced Wednesday in California to 12 years and 11 months in federal prison for fraud that risked patient health by misrepresenting the accuracy of Theranos blood analysis technology and that defrauded the company's investors of millions of dollars, US Attorney Stephanie Hinds said.

  • Doesn’t anyone do due diligence any more?

    Doesn’t anyone do due diligence any more?

    Theranos and FTX show a broad failure by investors to ask enough questions before handing over cash

  • The journalist who exposed Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos scam

    The journalist who exposed Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos scam

    The unravelling of Theranos began in 2015, when John Carreyrou, then an investigative reporter for The Wall Street Journal, exposed the company’s false claims in a series of articles.

  • Pregnant Elizabeth Holmes will not have to deliver her baby in prison

    Pregnant Elizabeth Holmes will not have to deliver her baby in prison

    Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and former CEO of Theranos, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison

  • Elizabeth Holmes gets more than 11 years for Theranos scam

    Elizabeth Holmes gets more than 11 years for Theranos scam

    Holmes' meteoric rise once landed her on the covers of business magazines that hailed her as the next Steve Jobs , the disgraced Theranos CEO was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for duping investors.

  • Holmes’ fraud sentence will send a message one way or another

    Holmes’ fraud sentence will send a message one way or another

    Since Holmes was convicted, other high-profile startup founders have also come under scrutiny, prompting further debates over startup ethics.

  • Corporate fraud and other white collar crimes aren’t from Mars

    Corporate fraud and other white collar crimes aren’t from Mars

    Is there something different about the mind of the potential white collar criminal? No, the business school they went to and the big-name companies they worked for are not good indicators of honesty.

  • Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes to be sentenced in September for fraud conviction

    Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes to be sentenced in September for fraud conviction

    Elizabeth Holmes, 37, was convicted on January 3 on three counts of fraud and one count of conspiring to defraud private investors in the company. She remains free on a $500,000 bond secured by properties.

  • Bad Blood: The book that unmasked Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes, and a broken start-up culture

    Bad Blood: The book that unmasked Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes, and a broken start-up culture

    John Carreyrou’s award-winning book examined the story of a startupreneur who shot to fame by manipulating the flaws in Silicon Valley.

  • Thyrocare boss recalls how he was asked to compare himself to fallen Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes

    Thyrocare boss recalls how he was asked to compare himself to fallen Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes

    One question that Thyrocare founder Dr A Velumani strikingly remembers compared him to Elizabeth Holmes, the fallen US biotech star, who was convicted on of defrauding investors in her blood-testing start-up Theranos.

  • Conviction of Elizabeth Holmes is an indictment of a startup culture that rewards deceit

    Conviction of Elizabeth Holmes is an indictment of a startup culture that rewards deceit

    The debasement of Elizabeth Holmes may seem distant and irrelevant to us in India. Instead it should prod us into examining the cultural moorings of our booming startup ecosystem

  • Three Key Moments From Elizabeth Holmes’ Trial

    Three Key Moments From Elizabeth Holmes’ Trial

    For Holmes, everything came down to how the jury interpreted her intent. During prosecutors’ closing argument on Dec. 16, Schenk argued that Holmes deliberately deceived investors, patients and advertisers with the pharmaceutical validation reports, faked technology demonstrations and inaccurate marketing materials.

  • Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes faked her voice? What ex employee said

    Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes faked her voice? What ex employee said

    Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, 37, was found guilty of tricking investors into pouring money into what she said was a revolutionary testing system.

  • Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes found guilty of four counts of fraud

    Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes found guilty of four counts of fraud

    Each count carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, terms that are likely to be served concurrently. Elizabeth Holmes, 37, is expected to appeal

  • Elizabeth Holmes: Villain v/s underdog at Theranos amid trial

    Elizabeth Holmes: Villain v/s underdog at Theranos amid trial

    The two sides tried to sway a 12-person jury impaneled to hearing the evidence in a case airing allegations that Holmes used her startup, Theranos, as a scheme to realize her dreams of becoming rich and as famous as one of her role models, late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

  • Elizabeth Holmes' trial to dissect downfall of a tech star

    Elizabeth Holmes' trial to dissect downfall of a tech star

    If convicted by a jury in a trial that begins Wednesday, Holmes could be sentenced to 20 years in prison — a stunning reversal of fortune for an entrepreneur whose wealth once was pegged at $4.5 billion.

  • Explainer | Theranos: the rise and fall of a Silicon Valley healthcare tech start-up

    Explainer | Theranos: the rise and fall of a Silicon Valley healthcare tech start-up

    Elizabeth Holmes’s trial began on September 8 and she was convicted on 4 of the 11 charges on January 3. Here’s what you need to know before following the case

  • After the Oddfather, the Oddfounder: Elizabeth Holmes' fraud trial begins

    After the Oddfather, the Oddfounder: Elizabeth Holmes' fraud trial begins

    The cultivated persona and deception of Elizabeth Holmes, whose trial for fraud began on Tuesday, elicits comparisons to psycho-thriller characters and a peculiar mob boss

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