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Re:Elizabeth Holmes found guilty by flexie on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @07:38AM (#29794074)
If it matters how rich the investors she defrauded actually are, perhaps she should get just a few months in jail:

"Notably, Theranos’ investors weren’t the usual-suspect venture capital firms. Rather, her funding came from individuals like former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and the Walton family, among other wealthy elites. Some evidence showed that these investors were willing to give Theranos money even when Holmes evaded their more probing questions."

https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/03/elizabeth-holmes-verdict-g...

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Re:Elizabeth Holmes found guilty by rswail on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @07:59AM (#29794216)
That's why she's being prosecuted so heavily, she screwed with the wrong people.
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Re:Elizabeth Holmes found guilty by JshWright on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @07:56AM (#29794199)
> her funding came from individuals like former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and the Walton family, among other wealthy elites.

And there we have the crux of why she was prosecuted...

You're much better off screwing average people, then it's just "capitalism".

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