Come on. You make it sound like it was only Betsy Devos she defrauded. There’s a long list of other ultra-rich people, including Oracle guy Larry Ellison, Walton Family (Walmart owners), and Rupert Murdoch.

Not fair to frame her sentence as Betsy pulling strings, even when I’m no fan of that woman for obvious reasons.

> You make it sound like it was only Betsy Devos she defrauded

In fairness, Betsy was 16th in line for for the US Presidency when Holmes was being charged and everything set up. And were it not for COVID-19 she would have been in that position for the entire trial. I'm sure with that kind of political power she was pulling some strings for vengeance.

If you added those names to elicit more sympathy for the defrauded investors, you're not exactly succeeding so far. You could throw in Henry Kissinger as well, and I still wouldn't feel particularly sorry for them…

I added them to put things in context and refute the statement that Holmes’s situation was about Betsy Devos pulling strings.

I couldn’t care less or sympathize with billionaires who have already made back magnitudes of the money they lost on Theranos with other investments.

For example, Larry is up $14 billion(!) on a $1 billion investment in Tesla in 2018.

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/larry-elliso...

Yes, I understand, it was just that the list was not just populated with run-of-the-mill meh billionaires, these are some of the least popular (at least in certain circles) billionaires one could pick (Nighttime noise disturbances — destroying small businesses - facilitating genocide — they really cover a wide portfolio).

If Holmes had decided to reinvent herself as a Robin Hood figure, she might be feted in Jacobin by now.

Is there any way that some of those investors/board members could get some federal prison time? Just like, you know, for justice?!

I believe you're missing forest for the trees. Some other commenters in this thread actually gave better explanation but think practically about this.

The prosecutors are not stupid. They have to come up with charges that actually stick, otherwise they risk losing this case in a spectacular fashion. If they went with an angle "X is morally bankrupt and her actions caused some deaths", it would make so much harder to prove and get the jury to agree to it.