What's the Penalty for Defrauding Investors?

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The verdict is not entirely a surprise, because that's where the prosecution really focused, was on the investor fraud. She went to investors and told them that the tech was working and made these promises about what the tech could do,. But also said things like, oh, yes, it's on back helicopters in afghanistan which was not true. For each one of the counts, she faces a maximum of 20 years - but i don't think this will be her sentence.

A tech startup said it could start a medical revolution with a little machine and a drop of blood. It was a fraud, but research into smarter, less invasive blood testing is a reality.

Today’s show was produced by Will Reid and Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Haleema Shah.

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