Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced to 11.25 years in prison, but will only serve roughly nine-and-a-half.

  • @Buddahriffic
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    142 years ago

    How did her 2nd in command end up with a longer sentence?

    • @[email protected]
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      162 years ago

      He was repeat exec who arguably should have known better. He also was closer to the actual lab operations and the functional execution of fraudulent activities.

      I’m not sure I buy it.

    • Quaternions
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      122 years ago

      She had a better lawyer?

    • @bighi
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      92 years ago

      It’s the US and he’s not as rich as her.

      If she had more money she would’ve stayed out of jail.

    • @zeppo
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      62 years ago

      Could be that he was less of a sympathetic figure due to his ostentatious and flashy spending habits, and… she’s a woman.