Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is booked into prison in Texas to begin serving 11-year sentenceThe Stanford University dropout was convicted of four counts of fraud in January 2022.https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/elizabeth-holmes-disgraced-theranos-founder-will-report-prison-begin-1-rcna85765Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes begins prison sentenceThe Theranos founder and convicted fraudster is being held at a minimum security women's prison in the US state of Texas. She faces up to 11 years behind bars.
Elizabeth Holmes, the fraudster behind failed biotech startup Theranos, has entered a Texas prison where she could spend the next 11 years.
"We can confirm Elizabeth Holmes has arrived at the Federal Prison Camp Bryan... and is in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons," officials said in a statement.
Holmes leaves behind two children in the outside world: a son who was born a few weeks before her trial started in 2021, and a 3-month-old daughter who was conceived after a jury convicted her on four felony counts of fraud and conspiracy in January 2022.
Where is Elizabeth Holmes being held?FPC Bryan is a minimum security prison outside Houston, where Holmes grew up.
According to The Wall Street Journal, most inmates at the facility were convicted of white-collar crimes, low-level drug offenses, or harboring illegal immigrants.
Holmes could share a cell with up to three other inmates.
Who is Elizabeth Holmes?Holmes became a star of Silicon Valley when she founded Theranos at the age of 19.
The company claimed to have developed rapid, automated blood tests that could diagnose numerous medical conditions.
As Theranos grew, the fraudster took on a new persona, speaking in a distinctive baritone and wearing black turtlenecks.
Holmes attracted top investors like media baron Rupert Murdoch, Oracle founder Larry Ellison and pharmacy chain Walgreens. She also stacked the company's board with high-profile names including former Presidential cabinet members George Shultz, Henry Kissinger and James Mattis.
Businessman Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani joined Theranos as its president in 2009 and would go on to have a secret relationship with Holmes.
By 2014, Holmes' fortune was valued at $4.5 billion (€4.2 billion).
But the company collapsed after a 2015 Wall Street Journal investigation found that the technology did not exist and that patients may have received inaccurate results.
In 2018, the US Justice Department then charged Holmes and Balwani with a litany of white-collar crimes.
Holmes admitted making mistakes at Theranos, but denied committing any crimes and said she was being controlled by Balwani, who she accused of sexually and emotionally abusing her.
Balwani was convicted on 12 felony counts of fraud and conspiracy in a trial that began two months after Holmes' ended. He is currently serving a nearly 13-year sentence in a Southern California prison.
Both have been ordered to pay back $452 million to investors.
https://www.dw.com/en/theranos-founder-elizabeth-holmes-begins-prison-sentence/a-65775837Bruce Springsteen, 73, falls on stage in Amsterdam during worldwide tourBruce Springsteen scared stunned fans at a gig in Amsterdam as he took a tumble on stage while singing Ghosts with his E Street Band as part of his huge world tour
Bruce Springsteen fans had their hearts in their mouths as the Boss took a scary looking fall during his gig in Amsterdam.
The iconic singer, 73, took a tumble as he tried to walk up the steps at his performance at the Johan Cruyff Arena. With his guitar around his neck, Bruce missed a stepped and landed awkwardly with the crowd gasping in shock.
The Dancing in the Dark chanter was seen lying on his back for a short time before bandmates rushed to his aide.
Taking the guitar strap from around his neck he struggled to get back to his feet, but was able to do so thanks to the assistance of those nearby.
Thankfully he rose with a smile on his face and was met with a round of applause from those in the crowd. Bruce isn't said to have been injured in the fall.
He jokingly shouted: "Goodnight everybody," before being reunited with his instrument and continuing the show.
The incident happened as he and the E Street Band treated fans to a rendition of hit tune Ghosts last week.
It is one of a number of huge gigs the star has lined up on his world tour. He has already treated fans in Ireland, Italy, France and Spain and has gigs in Scotland to come as the month of May draws to a close.
In June, the Boss will play to more crowds in the Netherlands as well as audiences in Switzerland, England, Belgium, Germany, Sweden and Norway.
August sees him travel stateside to wow the crowds for a number of months before the huge tour ends on December 10 in San Fransisco.
The veteran singer-songwriter continues to entertain the crowds in the same way he did when he burst on to the scene over 50 years ago.
He previously told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show how one of the first rock songs he learned to play was Twist and Shout.
He told the presenter: "The only thing I remember the most is I got up and I sang ‘Twist and Shout. And I’ve been singing it ever since."
Opening up on the first song he ever learned, he revealed it was a song called Greensleeves.
"It was a folk song, and the first thing I had was a big book of American folk music. And so I learned that first because it only had two chords, and eventually I made my way to the third chord, which allowed you to play ‘Twist and Shout.’"
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