Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes walked into her criminal trial in federal court in San Jose in September 2021 charged with 12 counts of fraud in connection with her now-defunct Palo Alto blood-testing startup. Four months later, she walked out guilty on four counts, after a jury found her liable for defrauding some, but not all investors, and acquitted her of defrauding patients. One charge was dropped because federal prosecutors erred.
Holmes, who gave birth to a son in July 2021 weeks before the start of her trial, and is pregnant again, is to be sentenced Friday, with legal experts predicting Judge Edward Davila, who presided over her four-year felony case and her trial that ended Jan. 3, will send her to prison for several years.
Here’s what the jury decided:
