Elizabeth Holmes: Theranos founder
convicted of fraud
Another Court date soon.
[The 37-year-old could face up to 20 years in prison.
Holmes was found not guilty of four other charges,
including knowingly lying to the public.
The jurors were unable to reach a verdict on
three other counts they were considering.
The split verdict came after the judge said the jury,
having deliberated for seven days,
could deliver a partial verdict.
Theranos, at one point valued at $9bn (£6.5bn),
was once the darling of Silicon Valley.
The firm promised it would revolutionise the healthcare industry,
but it began to unravel in 2015
after a Wall Street Journal investigation
reported that its core blood-testing technology
did not work. It was was officially shuttered in 2018.
For nearly four months at trial, the jury of
eight men and four women were presented with
two starkly different accounts of the
former self-made billionaire,
whose downfall shook Silicon Valley.]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59734254