There are some in truth over-the-top grifts , and then there ’s Theranos , the deceitful blood - examination startup that promise the moon to some very rich people , potentially endangered some considerably poorer people , and then run up in flaming spectacularly as its founder Elizabeth Holmes ’s vane of Trygve Halvden Lie came unraveled .
“ We know , it ’s all in Carreyrou’sbook ! ” I hear you complain , like the novelty - seeking cyberspace users you are . “ Liz was indicted onwire fraud ! She ca n’t de jure open a lab or chair a company . And Theranos , after increasingly gruesome daily round of layoffs , dissolved , like , a year ago ! ” bet , I ’m glad you ’ve been stick to this intimately , but if you opine the grift was over just because the preposterous ancestry golem company ceased to exist , clearly you have n’t been following closely enough .
After pissing offthe Walmart - owning Walton crime syndicate , Betsy DeVos , Rubert Murdoch , and Carlos Slim , the lean of individuals eager to cut ties with Holmes now includes her own lawyer , the Mercury Newsreports .
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Although Holmes ’s mean solar day in court face up down the Securities Exchange Commission is n’t scheduled untilthis amount summertime , a recent filing from her legal representatives in a separate civil class - action eccentric accuse both Theranos and Walgreens of fraud suggests she may have a tough prison term defending herself . Holmes “ has not paid [ law business firm Cooley LLP ] for any of its employment as her counsel of record in this action for more than a yr , ” the filing from September 30 United States Department of State . Her own lawyer , who she has not paid in some time , account continuing theatrical without potential compensation “ unfair and inordinate , ” at least in part because state lawyers have “ no anticipation that Ms. Holmes will ever pay it for its service of process as her guidance , ” which as excuses go is a passably safe one !
The scam never truly ends , my supporter
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