Elizabeth Holmes prosecutors seek 15-year sentence and $800m in restitution

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2. For those like me who can't remember all the grifters and the grifts

I've heard / read her name but blanked out on what she did

Holmes rose to fame as the 19-year-old founder of Theranos, a company that claimed its technology could conduct tests with just a drop of blood. Theranos ballooned to a valuation of $9bn, with the help of big-name investors and board members, and Holmes herself once boasted a net worth of over $4bn. In 2015, the Wall Street Journal revealed that the company’s test had significant inaccuracies and that it was actually performing tests using traditional blood testing methodology and technology