
730 - The Man Who Would Be King (5/8/23)
Chapo Trap House
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Theranos: A Case of Fraud and Cheating
Mrs. Holmes has found guilty in January, 2022 of four on four of the 11 charges that she defrauded Theranos investors out of more than $100 million. Her top lieutenant at Theranos, and much older boyfriend Ramesh Balawani, was found guilty of 10 counts of wire fraud last month. He began a 13 year prison sentence last month. On Thursday, his legal team filed an appeal with the Ninth Circuit. During the closely followed proceedings, a prosecutor Robert Leach said that this was a case about fraud, about lying, and cheating.
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