What happened
Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for fraud and is currently serving her sentence at a federal prison in Texas.
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What compliance teams should check
- Review exposure to Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes
- Update internal watchlists for convicted financial criminals
Catch stories like these on your own customers.
complead screens your customers against adverse media, sanctions and PEP lists, and re-checks them every day. When a name you hold turns up in the news, it lands in your case queue with the evidence attached.
The founder of the blood-testing start-up Theranos was sentenced to 11 years in prison for fraud and had been serving time at a minimum-security federal prison in Texas.The New York Times, 24 Sep 2026, 03:53 UTC, nytimes.com