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Episode 8: Fake Demos

Bad Blood: The Final Chapter

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Therno Demos - The Final Chapter

Ex-thernos bio chemist Nick hases says many of the company's demos were faked. The blood samples collected from v i ps were not run on thernos hardware, but using manual like hand operated liquid handlers and optical detect so doing what a machine would do,. But no one who attended these demos ever seemed to catch on. John carirew: Putting on a rigged show to convince investors you have a working machine when you don't seems kind of like the definition of fraud.

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