{"id":24479,"date":"2023-01-20T20:56:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T01:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=24479"},"modified":"2023-01-20T20:56:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T01:56:56","slug":"theranos-founder-elizabeth-holmes-attempted-to-flee-us-prosecutors-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/01\/20\/theranos-founder-elizabeth-holmes-attempted-to-flee-us-prosecutors-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes attempted to flee US, prosecutors claim"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes attempted to flee the US shortly after her conviction on fraud charges last year, prosecutors claim.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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According to a new court filing, the 38-year-old bought a one-way ticket to Mexico last January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Only after the government raised this unauthorised flight… was the trip cancelled,” prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Holmes was convicted for defrauding investors in her blood testing start-up that was once valued at $9bn (\u00a37.5bn).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The former Silicon Valley star falsely claimed the technology could diagnose disease with just a few drops of blood. But it did not work and – facing multiple lawsuits – the company was dissolved in 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The latest court filing, which was submitted on Thursday, also said Holmes’s partner had bought a one-way ticket to Mexico.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The government anticipates [Holmes] will note in reply that she did not in fact leave the country as scheduled – but it is difficult to know with certainty what [she] would have done had the government not intervened,” prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The BBC has contacted a lawyer for Holmes to request comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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