Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes turns herself in for 11-year prison term
by Kari Paul in San Francisco from Technology | The Guardian on (#6BZC6)
Blood-testing firm's fraud saga sees its end as 39-year-old tech founder reports to federal prison camp
The Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has turned herself in for an 11-year prison sentence, marking a final chapter in a years-long fraud saga that riveted Silicon Valley.
The 39-year-old tech founder walked into the minimum-security, federal women's prison camp located in Bryan, Texas, on Tuesday afternoon. Footage captured from outside the facilities shows that she was accompanied by an escort, was not handcuffed and wore a casual outfit. Holmes appeared in good spirits, smiling as she entered the building.
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