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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Barney Davis

Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes to begin 11-year stint in prison

Disgraced Theranos chief executive Elizabeth Holmes is set to report to prison this week to begin her 11-year sentence for the blood-testing scam at the heart of her start-up.

Theranos raised nearly $1billion (£800m) from wealthy investors such as Rupert Murdoch after she promised to provide revolutionary tech to scan for hundreds of diseases and other potential problems with just a few drops of blood.

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