The Crimes of Elizabeth Holmes | A 10 Billion Dollar Fraud

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Girlbossed a little too close to the sun. Join me as we look back at one of the most dangerous corporate frauds in modern history, the story of Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes.
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TIMECODES:
intro - 00:00
our beautiful sponsor - 4:25
family ties - 6:13
a revolutionary idea - 10:54
the birth of theranos - 14:14
valley of lies - 18:22
sunny balwani - 24:36
the edison - 27:06
walgreens - 28:38
the new apple - 33:51
the darker truth - 37:44
ian gibbons - 44:02
elizabeth holmes exposed - 46:07
jail time - 53:30
conclusion - 56:35
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[@jaubrey]

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[@mayam9575]

Hey just wanna give u a quick correction. It's really no big deal but Stanford isn't and Ivy League university. It's a sports league in the northeast. U say this around minute 11.

[@franknowak9305]

Always so excited for a new vid from ya. less than three

[@bobotran7792]

Always such high-quality content

[@Curruptednostalgia]

Did you check out Thunderf00t s vid on her?

[@nxi8792]

FYI Hitler shot himself.

[@TheRyderShotgunn]

i dont get the fetishization of dropping out of prestigious schools as if that somehow translates to "they were too good for the school" and not "they were shit students"

[@tarotsushima3332]

Especially when often times the people doing that could actually afford to drop out of those schools bc they had the money and connections to keep them afloat business wise. Seeing hustle culture goons glorify the 'grind' over actually staying in school is both sad and funny bc dropshipping schemes are nowhere close to being able to invent Microsoft.

[@BlisaBLisa]

in her case i think it was her obsession with steve jobs and emulating him (I believe he dropped out of school right?)

[@tohaovershell]

I believe it’s due to the fact that the person is taking a large risk and not following the grain . Like proving not everyone needs college to be successful. Also everyone loves a rags to riches story (even though people who use this almost always come from money to begin with lol)

[@artyb27]

@@tohaovershell I reckon that's what they tell themselves and those around them ("ooh I'm such a risk taker!"), but dropping out of school incurs basically no risk if you're from a wealthy family. Even if the "risk" doesn't pay off, they'll still land on their feet. To me it's just a sign of impatience and arrogance.

[@maartjegoede9330]

I mean its kinda cool though if you actually made it... Betting on yourself

[@terribletimes902]

They found her guilty for defrauding investors but not for jeopardizing the lives of patients. Typical.

[@lilheinz9496]

As if it would be possible to only be guilty of just one? Without the other it’s impossible. Gollum lookin richbrat.

[@wendynerd1199]

Our "justice" system is designed to protect the wealthy and powerful. Never forget that.

[@Vhlathanosh]

"What patients?" - American Government.

[@jakeritmiller]

Tbh, I’m okay with rich folks getting defrauded. But yeah, jeopardizing patients health is so comically evil. It shows no care or empathy

[@DonoGaming]

white collar criminals only ever get jailed when they defraud millionaires/billionaires. defrauding the public? oh thats just business baby

[@brandonm8901]

Being prosecuted for defrauding investors but not patients is the most American part of all of this

[@bwaygal4905]

She was prosecuted for both, but the jury didn't find her guilty of defrauding patients. WTH?? I agree with you. Truly disgusting.

[@timmi59]

@@bwaygal4905I wish I knew what they were thinking in that regard.

[@ivanaandric5703]

100%

[@TheGalantMAN]

That's how Bill Gates is not in prison yet

[@mlbp2567]

Welcome to capitalism

[@beomcheolkim8543]

Thank god she was exposed before COVID. I can’t imagine how much money she might’ve scammed or how many people she would’ve endangered if she was still considered a ‘leading figure in medicine’ during a global epidemic.

[@newturtle3]

True Covid tests were needed en mass and.imagine if she jist added "Oh btw.our.machines now screen for covid too" Sometimes life.just throws a dark.humor curveball. In this case relief for us and a middle finger to her.

[@tinaferr]

Excellent point!

[@mnschoen]

TBF, she couldn't have done as much damage as the president did.

[@Herzfeld10]

Yes she could have ? By selling non functional tests ?​@@mnschoen

[@TY-Tianyou]

@@mnschoen I thought it was the Indian prime minister that mattered, not the president

[@amandamoore7512]

Her entire concept was a giant red flag but the fact that her dad worked at Enron is cosmically hilarious

[@stee8345]

Ironic even...

[@crossbolt27salt88]

It was way too good to be true

[@skakirask]

Guess she learned from the best🤣

[@MoistDelta.]

It runs in the family

[@fknlit7735]

Yeh and her voice is stuck in slow motion

[@likeaboxofchocolates]

It's honestly disgusting and demoralizing that she wasn't found guilty for defrauding patients. Literally the only crime that mattered was that she lost wealthy people money, not that she put lives at risk.

[@blueismylove3128]

Not only that, but her employees seemed to not have been given reparations either.

[@handymanr4729]

if the staff member that kiled himself was some politicans daughter and not just normal joe.....all sorts of shit would fly.

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

@@blueismylove3128 & the widow Gibbons; she deserves justice, as does her husband, who Holmes casually drove beyond the brink.

[@traplover6357]

Justice is reliably done when it hurts the rich more than the poor. You can ripoff the poor, but not the rich

[@DrumWild]

The American government care only about the wealthy, corporations, and money. They don't care if all of us die. They really don't.

[@UmbryLB]

As a woman with a naturally deeper voice, hers feels so fake lol

[@shockwave1126]

Apparently it was fake based on individuals who knew her from before.

[@mrrockets32]

Idk remember that guy that catfish a nlf player the guy made his voice sound like actually girl

[@Pundae]

Pretty common tactic with an interesting reason behind it psychologically. Something about how we process sound, cant remember exactly

[@tinaferr]

Same. Knowing it makes us come off as more authoritative is interesting bc I've always been kind of ashamed of it. Not enough to fake a baby voice tho , lol

[@lotus_flower2001]

It goes with the black turtle neck to create an "aura of briliance".

[@DivisibleByWaffle]

Hi, Medical Laboratory Scientist here! I wanted to clarify why sometimes we need to use a test without direct FDA approval, because it's NEVER intended to be loophole like Theranos exploited. Basically, it's there so we can make slight use modifications to existing tests. A really great example that my lab uses is a drug test that is FDA approved for use in blood, and we use it to test urine for that same drug. We performed a long, comprehensive study showing that the test is just as effective at detecting the drug in urine as it is in blood. We show this study to regulators and explain our methodology thoroughly whenever they ask during inspections. What Theranos did was take this allowance to have some wiggle room to utilize existing tests in slightly different use cases and abuse the shit out of it. Hope that helps!

[@gabigirl416]

Thanks! Was wondering why Theranos never got FDA approval before it was used on the public.

[@jackfoster3652]

Imagine being her kids and realizing the whole reason that you are on this earth was to get your mom a lighter prison sentence. And it didn't even work.

[@christinacatalano]

Oof.

[@davidcampanella7846]

Where's mommy, Daddy? Prison... For what, Daddy? Have fun explaining that one...

[@DJRenee]

​@@davidcampanella7846 right

[@DJRenee]

She was stuck either way if she wanted children. It was inevitable that she was going to prison and she would have aged out to have children by the earliest release possible. I do think her DNA needed to be replicated. Clearly they are academically inclined.

[@valolafson6035]

​@@DJRenee gross

[@dirty_c5573]

She didn't go to jail as punishment for the crimes she committed, she went to jail because she scammed the wrong rich person

[@JeanMarceaux]

Collateral justice, I'll take it.

[@painvillegaming4119]

@@JeanMarceauxfair enough

[@stevenclarke5606]

She went to Jail because She got Caught

[@jasondrain2030]

@@stevenclarke5606 This same shit happens all day every day in the open. She may have gotten punished for getting caught, but she got caught because she stole from people with more money than she had. She'd have been fine if she only stole from the "poors".

[@jaib1198]

@@jasondrain2030why would she steal from the poor if the poor is poor when she needed investments with something as drastic as this. In fact businesses grows with investments and in every investments is invested by rich people. Why would I choose a poor person to expand my business and possibly take more time to get to where I’m going when I can get a person with a lot money and the biggest investment and shorting the time I need to execute my business to success

[@sadlyashleyx]

Knowing her dad was a part of the Enron company it makes sense why she handled her “business” the way she did.

[@cazpk6840]

She actually wanted the fame without the hard work of actually creating something. Very disturbing that she has no fear of lying AT ALL. A Monster in full view. 😮

[@wnathanielw]

She got by purely on the "GIRL BOSS", "YEA, WOMEN CAN DO IT TOO!" stuff. Journalists continue to blindly eat it up.

[@madscientist916]

She came up with an idea for something without verifying that it actually can physically work. Like, sure I decide to “invent” a Time Machine, but it doesn’t mean that it’s even possible for it to work regardless of the tech I say does it.

[@laquearia2683]

My father was a lab administrator at a large hospital between 2009-2014 when Theranos was really blowing up. He always loves telling people how he saw through their advertising campaign early on. Apparently the CEO and board of the hospital he worked at kept pushing him to get some Edison machines for the labs, but my dad kept telling the board that the science behind the machines just didn’t make any sense and he doubted they actually functioned as advertised. They didn’t care. He ended up calling Theranos reps but kept getting shuffled around to voicemails, broken phone lines, and receptionists who kept claiming everyone had “busy schedules” and couldn’t talk to him just yet. He kept calling and calling and calling and FINALLY ended up getting forwarded to a random Walgreens somewhere in Arizona that told him “we haven’t had any communication from them recently.” a week later that big article about Theranos was published lmao

[@sourgreendolly7685]

Hospital CEOs are too often not medically trained in the slightest. I have a phlebotomist friend and another friend that's a professional of biology - even talking to each other, the couldn't conceive how anything could do that. Of course they both wanted to be wrong, it would be helpful! But they knew it wasn't possible.

[@zyqx4365]

Not even working in the medical field, but I earned some money by taking part in medical testing. Pretty sure if there was any way, shape or form to do this more efficiently, people wouldn't bother to take about three to four vials of blood even before admission to the survey and they'd ditch the permanent venuous catheter if they could do the same work with only a few drops of blood. While the idea is great, the Edison would have to be so advanced that it would tear down an entire branch of work and built it up on the same day. It's like Theranos/Holmes just claimed that she made faster than light traveling possible, lol.

[@tawt8896]

I am so thankful for people like your father who stand up for patients and for science! I’m a med tech myself and it’s often frustrating trying to explain certain things to admin, and even to other health professionals. No one listening comes with the territory of a career in lab😂

[@andipatel5044]

@@tawt8896 😊

[@mookinbabysealfurmittens]

Every time I see or hear "Theranos", I think, "The...God of Death, basically? OH! Thanatos! Nvm!" Just me?

[@CryogenicFire]

The problem with Holmes is that she still doesn't think she's done anything wrong, and I bet my bottom dollar she'll be at it again as soon as she's released.

[@eddiejonesiii6254]

Yeah, that's EXACTLY why I thought 11 years and 3 months is too little.

[@DracoVP]

She may try, but nobody will want to work with her. She needs funding from somewhere

[@Sadreath]

@@eddiejonesiii6254 The thing that really makes me mad is that all the jail time is for financial crime. For fucks sake her crimes put people at risk and probably has at least contributed to the death of people due to bad diagnosis. But that whole part just did not matter. It is all about money and not a lick about the people.

[@mediocreman6323]

People with mental disorders like psychopathy _do not know right from wrong,_ and Holmes definitely has something like that; she has no understanding of right or wrong, no empathy, is highly manipulative,… and you could ask yourself the question why in Silicon Valley of all places psychopaths, narcissists,… and other “-ists and -paths” have it _so_ easy to get to the top.

[@bananastand-2241]

...also her voice.

[@shewanda1]

As a nurse, when I heard about this, I really thought what a great idea, however when I saw her, and heard her explain this procedure, I started laughing because no one would fall for this. Lol

[@anton1990]

But as a nurse, you did know that one cannot get proper test results from a drop of blood from a fingertip, right?

[@hang5797]

​@@anton1990of course she knows this. but technology is changing at an exponential scale. I wouldn't be surprised if this did become real in my lifetime.

[@marshmallowcat4983]

​​@@hang5797there aren't enough molecules in a drop of blood to identify a range of diseases, regardless of the technology.

[@robotoboy30]

I'm just gonna say it again. She is a literal blueprint for a Resident Evil villain... Like sure she wasn't ACTUALLY competent, and her product was a failure... but her lying nature, "charm" if you want to call it that... creepy obsession with a sociopath, and her chilling way of talking and unblinking eyes... she gives some massive RE villain vibes.

[@huejazz6939]

You think she’d control Wesker or the other way around?

[@caffeinatedhypnos8048]

​@@huejazz6939Maybe work with, but definitely not control. Albert isn't exactly the type to be controlled and treats everyone as expendable

[@LorenzoDoesntExist]

Wow, she said school isn't worth it, had a golden parachute from her family fortune, conducted a massive scam, and still talked down to other people as this inspiring image of hard work.

[@ElectrostatiCrow]

So much privilege she didn't notice. She was just used to having life on easy mode and so doing the bare minimum was hard work for her.

[@ysucae]

@@ElectrostatiCrow yup yup yup yup yup what a little brat. and society is full of people like that running shit. hospitals, schools, run by entitled businessmen wanting to fatten their wallet

[@dontplz]

she really was incredibly delusional... DELUSION... CONVINCE YOURSELF!

[@Tetrathegod]

Ya just a woman moment

[@suezuccati304]

don't forget the psychotic and stupidly rich boyfriend.

[@rebeccasmith3837]

This woman had crazy eyes and a strange forced voice, and so many people believed her because she had an affluent background and threw more money at her.

[@lilheinz9496]

35:27 We must take the Precioussssess $$ - Gollum

[@lordfreerealestate8302]

Too many of the "self-made" millionaires, billionaires, and celebs come from generational wealth.

[@DeannaJacksonDJsDelectables]

Yep.

[@samanthahoffman9168]

Have you heard the clip of her speaking with her real voice before she catches herself and switches to her weird fake voice? Everything is forced and fake with her image

[@femboy1141]

@@samanthahoffman9168 where?

[@gayactormichaelpenisdouglas]

Dude, It's amazing how her entire board room consisted of career war and financial criminals, and she's the only one doing time. Definitely deserved on her part, but my god the sentences that boardroom should get is sooo much worse.

[@pete6705]

They all ended up looking bad from this. But no one on that board had any idea what was going on. She picked them all because they knew nothing about medicine, and she kept everything she was doing hidden from them. She told them all the same exact lies she was telling investors and the media.

[@MrLuchenkov]

Being on the board of a company like that - one in which she owns over half of the company - isn't what you'd expect. Those men don't see much. It's a nominal position, one that is mutually beneficial to both parties: she gets access to more people because of her new connections and they get to look good in their high society circles. Those men didn't see anything and I'd be surprised if they saw much beyond recaps and summaries of what had happened on a given week. In reality, such a boardroom would likely be her, her husband and 2-3 other high-ranking officers who know, more or less, what's going on. The rest are these famous, well-connected appointees. The meetings have really good food, a casual atmosphere and everybody is chilling as they get neatly packaged explanations of how X meeting went or how she rocked that presentation at Davos, how her latest glowing review in Vogue boosts the company's public image in the 27-45 demographic, etc. Biggest thing they likely had to deal with would have been the budget approximations. That's not where you'd find any kind of juicy stuff, though, as most of it would be muddled under "Research: Streamlined Telemetric Patents" and her husband or another CFO would have given them a brief explanation as to what the use was if they ever asked any question. Theranos also had pretty healthy finances, overall, given that she kept getting money from investors.

[@user-xr7ci8tf3e]

It’s crazy how she met Sonny when she was freshly 18 and we don’t think of him as the mastermind behind it all

[@commonsense2156]

Phyllys Gardner should get a medal for calling Holmes a BS artist

[@eggmon420]

God bless Ian Gibbons. He, a professional chemist who worked on the project since the start, simply told her that the tech wasn’t ready to go into stores and be used on real patients. She not only fired him, she also decided to continue a petty lawsuit where the stress of him having to testify resulted in him ending his own life. He was a cancer patient himself and really believed in the vision. His life was cut short due to her ego. Hope he rests easy.

[@eviedevi.]

​@@deanjustdean7818 must be nice to think like that i envy you

[@bunguaamongus]

​@@deanjustdean7818 found the autistic who thinks bad people actually get punished 😭😭. No good deed goes unpunished. Also killing yourself over the "stress" of having to testify???? Yea maybe he didn't deserve life 🤷‍♂️ Dude can deal with cancer but "muh testify". Although, best case is she's getting raped in prison by a big butch dyke. Prob not tho

[@woodywoodlstein9519]

I don’t understand why he didn’t fight back. He had the credentials. He would have easily attained immunity.

[@bigpapi6688]

@@woodywoodlstein9519 that’s a lot easier to say in hindsight

[@teethgrinder83]

Sadly he wouldn't have went easy either, paracetamol overdose is apparently an extremely painful way to die 😔 I can't imagine the mental strain he must have been under at the time with everything going on

[@ExplosiveDevil]

How was no one creeped out by her? It's unsettling looking at her, imagine actually being in a room with her. It's like she's always ready to take a bite out of you at a moments notice.

[@christykelley8179]

Her creepy eyes look pretty psychotic for sure.

[@anarchy_79]

I can easily list at least five girls from highschool that were *exactly* like her, and that was over thirty years ago. Some genes in combination with some parents just generate a certain amount of these ghouls. Fortunately it rarely results in any kind of intelligence or drive, so they just become social service workers instead of multi-billionaires, but every once in a while....

[@DelphineEraklea]

yeah, she just doesn’t blink at all, no biggie

[@Pillzpop]

I see nothing behind those eyes of hers. Her smiles creeps me the fuck out.

[@vh6772]

I was thinking that the entire time. The pictures of her are so unsettling. I think it has a big part with how wide her opens her eyes for photographs and how she does her makeup on top of it. I noticed when shes talking to someone she cant hold her eyes that open as much , and she looks less unhinged.

[@dema7193]

"the charisma and charm Elizabeth was said to have espoused" 😂 😂 😂 Seriously, in every clip of her prior to being caught she comes across as so awkward and unusual I can't imagine being charmed by her brilliance.

[@nobodyspecial115]

More thrown off by her deep voice that she's clearly manipulating to sound more masculine, but she never nails a constant pitch so it's all over the place.

[@neoasura]

Tech bros will simp over any woman

[@Blopusanian]

@@neoasuraI genuinely bet you that this played a part in her rise. Her being a woman too made everything she did get eaten up by the media because she was such an awesome girl boss.

[@realleon2328]

people thought the same thing abt sam bankman-fried, thinking that he was a genius eccentric instead of an asshole jackoff

[@teresathayn5170]

She's not just a narcissist, she's a psychopath who can never admit failure! That makes her extremely dangerous! Oh, and prison won't cure that, lol.😮

[@christykelley8179]

True. She may have a very hard go of it in prison unless she winds up in a white collar crimes-country club type low security place. She might be psycho but don’t think she could handle the mental games and real deal of average prison pop. They’d eat her alive. Then again, her voice in that loud dude flat affect tone - well - might just scare them too. LOL

[@THOMPSON8787]

Yeah, she's at a federal prison similar to the one Martha Stewart went to. It's nothing like a hard-core state penitentiary

[@keiro8364]

Elizabeth Holmes got me an A on my ethics assignments because she was a primary example of being morally bankrupt.

[@AntiCoruptionCentral]

By default, whomever marked it gets a A/A+ as well. Good on you.

[@yazzib245]

A true narcissist

[@peterdevreter]

With the "crazy" eyes.

[@andrealabonair3519]

Congrats on your 'A'! You had so much to work with that this assignment must've been easy!

[@JohnDoe-kg6gy]

At that time I was calling it bullshit for obvious reasons and I was called (with girly or woketard voice): "misogynist and jealous". Well... facts, actions and results speak louder than words, emotions, feelings, trends and stupidity.

[@Sarahmae5256]

rest in peace to Ian gibbons❤ the fact that she didn’t even care to honor him or call his fucking wife back is disgusting. especially when he was there from basically day one

[@babble2leeza]

Just awful. My husband's boss came to my husband's funeral. He even gave me $3000 to help with final health care bill. I feel so bad for this widow.

[@dobbsy22]

That part of this story always breaks my heart. 😔

[@harmc2301]

My heart breaks for him and his family. Especially his wife.

[@TAGMZs63]

Absolutely cold as ice.

[@commentreviewer9113]

This comment expresses a strong sentiment of disgust towards Elizabeth Holmes' actions and highlights a specific instance where she showed a lack of empathy towards someone who was closely involved with her company. The comment reflects a sense of outrage at the callous behavior of a person in a position of power and the harm they have caused to others. It is a poignant reminder of the impact that one person's actions can have on the lives of others. Rating: 4/5

[@anton1990]

I have this awful feeling that she will get out of prison on “good behavior”, or she’ll just be using her Hypno-Toad powers to get out of there. She really should be serving her entire 11 year sentence.

[@avamarie6718]

ok why is nobody talking about how scary this women is like she does not blink enough it creeps me out.

[@alanajacobs2214]

Her crazy eyes, her creepily persuasive voice, wierd obsession with steve jobs and the demeanor of no remorse almost explains everything

[@demolazer]

She can be described as evil.

[@brutalitea]

The fake voice was the funniest part for me

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

Looking at a lot of the docs, I never felt that her voice was persuasive. Her mannerisms, the fake voice, and constant word salad conversations came off as incredibly condescending because she NEVER GOT TO THE FUCKING POINT. Granted, there was no point. She had nothing to talk about because she had nothing to show. But that's how a lot of the valley folks like it. They like to hear big words to pretend like they're apart of something big and...things like this happen.

[@notamberlee]

girlboss.

[@TOURGRLXOXO]

Girl her voice sounds so gay 💀

[@sail4170]

Also, I love when people who were already privileged, and had an upper hand be it from familial wealth, or anything of the sort, try to tell other average n not as fortunate people “they can do anything if they want to.” Like please.

[@CaseyAvalon]

Right? It's like spend a day in my life and see what you can do lol

[@VonVikoGoat]

there seems to be a huge lack of empathy coming from the wealthy towards the working class, see the case of rachel hollis a "motivational" speaker who basically called her housekeeper "the lady who cleans my toilets" in a very derogatory way and said "oh these rich celebrities have the same 24 hours as you" it truly shows how rich people are completely out of touch

[@chewedw1re]

they wouldn’t last an hour in an actual 9-5 job tbh

[@CaseyAvalon]

@@chewedw1re so true. The first customer to scream at them for no reason. Or their feet hurting from standing. And also the not getting a break even though it's legally required.

[@tarotsushima3332]

@@VonVikoGoat It makes them feel like their prosperity was earned when the fact of the matter is, if everyone everywhere actually had an equal opportunity to be successful, they won't have people to serve them or masses to condescend to. So they're quite happy leaving everything as is. Cons like these always work because of how people perceive wealth being something that's earned, so if someone managed to garner that much money and their family had the history of doing the same, they can't possibly be lying right? No such thing as due diligence with enough money or connections.

[@jaysmall5586]

The funny thing is, if she really developed her original, smaller idea of something more convenient than a nasal swab, she's have been seen as prescient and been very successful if she'd had it working by 2020. Probably wouldn't have made her famous, but we all would've used that invention by now.

[@sararichardson737]

She wasn’t a talent for humanity, she is/was a grifter for self aggrandisement. Hence the miss.

[@dinahb1170]

Its so crazy that you can face up to over 100 years in prison for defrauding people, but murder or rape barely has you facing 10 if that many

[@Blopusanian]

If you fool rich people out of their money because they’re idiots they will come for you every time.

[@tlozfreak888]

Idk about where you live, but where I live murder convictions of any degree start at 20 years and only go up from there. Anything except third degree is life in prison, no parole.

[@purplehaze2358]

I've made it a habit to always automatically distrust anyone with access to millions of dollars, let alone rich CEOs with billions.

[@Chillikilli]

Yup that’s pretty much the way to be

[@BiBiren]

I've made it a habit to not trust a billionaire who stares at us like a snake.

[@timothy2935]

Really?? That seems odd as shite , having that outlook will only keep YOU from ever being a millionair... maybe it's where I grew up but I've known a tons of millionairs. My best friend growing up , his family had millions , lived in a 6 million dollar house , they treated me way better than my own family ... anyways , there's nothing wrong with being rich , people don't always get rich by exploiting others , sometimes they get rich from being great people at heart ... gosh your world view must be so narrow 😂

[@jymbo1969]

That is a wise policy.

[@zxbear.a218]

starting doing this since 2020 and it has yet to fail me

[@aylin2341]

i’ve always been really into white collar crime. the theranos case has stuck with me overtime heavily- i’ve read all the books/articles on it, watched the biopic, etc. it’s just crazy how little she cared about the lives of others. and how much people were willing to invest in a product they quite literally never saw. it’s just a messed up thing all around especially everything with ian gibbons. my heart truly goes out to his wife.

[@Shmandalf]

Due diligence isn't required if the money's right, I guess.

[@mackenzieb2218]

which books?! i'd loveee to read some white collar crime books!!

[@Gnomereginam]

It seems like she really thought that as long as she kept bringing in money, the stuff she promised would come to be - delusion basically. The best way to fool those around you is to fool yourself as well.

[@PungiFungi]

@@Shmandalf and if it fits a certain narrative...FEMALE INNOVATOR ENCROACHING ON TRADITIONAL MALE DOMINATED FIELD. She was given a pass from closer scrutiny because everybody wanted this story to be true and nobody wanted to be labeled a sexist for actually questioning her and not letting her get away with her non-sensical word salad responses. Look at how she immediately resort to using her female victimhood card when she was exposed. All well documented.

[@CatieAndHerCats]

@@mackenzieb2218 the book on Elizabeth Holmes is called “Bad Blood.” Other books that I’ve enjoyed were “Wastelands” by Corban Addison and “Dopesick” by Beth Macy. Definitely look up trigger warnings before going into them.

[@shadowofnoc5760]

Honestly IMO the craziest part of her entire scam/fraud has nothing to do with Theranos. It was how anyone believed for a second that her fake deep voice was actually in any way real.

[@michaelgollihue6314]

Really sad but unsurprising that people like this only see prison when rich people take a hit. Great job on this video! Loving all your essays so far.

[@ViciousPigMonster]

As a medical laboratory scientist, seeing the Hulu documentary was so frustrating. Anyone with basic education in the clinical lab can immediately see right through this and point out every way it could never work. This is why we as lab techs need to be part of these conversations, rather than just investors and businesses. *Of course* the blood started clotting, there was no anticoagulant used. There’s no such thing as a universal anticoagulant because coagulation has several stages and pathways and all of the blood tubes are specific in how they stop clotting.

[@beeForOne]

What's the netflix doc called?? Can't believe they made one!!

[@dieSpinnt]

You are correct about everything. Including consulting expert advice for investors. (Whatever professional investors do, but these here were specially selected, cheated and were also idiots). But don't be so naive. Here the experts in particular were threatened and actively prevented from expressing their opinions. Or simply put to shut up (by NDA, etc.). Also, what are you going to do about having someone like Colin Powell(Kissinger, George Schultz, and Colin Powell were all on board) act as a poster child for your scam?:) This whole thing had no other chance as to become a scam(We don't know if it was planned as as scam from the beginning). Greed was just the multiplier in this disaster, which some participants really deserved. Also: The public sees this scandal totally different. Holmes made ridiculous claims. Life changing and life saving claims! Now most people feel betrayed. Which is easy to understand, but because of the wrong reasons: You can't really hold someone responsible for not fulfilling his fairy-tales ... which believing this nonsense yourself in the first place did play not a small role in the whole misery;) That is just illogical. Faking patient reports/tests?: guilty .. go to jail! Scamming investors?: guilty .. go to jail! Talking with a faked deep voice?: guilty ... consult a doctor! Promising that with this new and revolutionizing snake oil your excrements smell like orchids and are worth as much as gold?: You both need a deep reality check and possibly a holiday:)

[@abathtub1411]

@@dieSpinnt i imagine its common practice to go from expert to expert until you find one that will support your claims and say "yes your idea is perfectly viable". Like you said they can always threaten and coerce the previous experts to keep them from telling the unsavory truth.

[@robertweaver1687]

Shout out to my fellow MLS 💂, just got out of school and she was the example of what not to be.

[@Angelica_Rodriguez39]

I don't even have any scientific or lab background and I can see the ways in which all of this can go wrong just from a logistical and operational standpoint??? You're trying to do too much with too little. It's just not feasible at this juncture and there's so much room for error with all the tests you're trying to do on THAT amount of blood.

[@RobbieStarburster]

The entire board of directors/executives should have been thrown into jail for 20+ years for what they did. Holmes and Sunny didn't get the punishment they deserved, but the board got away with everything when they were just as involved.

[@wendynerd1199]

Trust me, if board members were regularly thrown in jail for crimes that endanger people, Henry Kissinger would never have gotten the chance to join that board in the first place.

[@PungiFungi]

@@wendynerd1199 at this point, is Kissinger even still aware of what is going on? You can pick his pockets and he wouldn't even notice.

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

@@PungiFungi Cool let's do that. Let's send it all to Cambodia until we figure out everyone else who should get Kissinger Reparations.

[@Jablicek]

She filled the board with people who didn't understand the technology but had tremendous credibility in certain circles. It was clever, but she's still a twat.

[@Bubbles_Bubbles_Bubbles]

The suggestion that East Palo Alto is somehow considered to be a rough neighborhood is hilarious.

[@Pundae]

21:15 holy shit. There's gotta be something wrong like behaviorally there. Just reading that gave me chills from imagining being in that room. Some real "there is no war in ba sing se" shit

[@vampvhs]

The best part of this whole thing has to be Elizabeth sending her cheesy “poetic” love note to Sonny and him just responding “Ok.” I could practically feel the sparks flying

[@neverneverland5836]

Her story is the definitive proof of what I've been saying all along - money is one of, if not The most powerful form of privilege. People will back you without questioning reality or morality as long as you're rich and have the potential to make them money.

[@plaster.art.ho3]

Huh. Why do u need her story as the definitive proof lmao. Everyone knows money, looks and luck are three v important factors to conventional success.

[@wendynerd1199]

@@plaster.art.ho3 because people still try to deny this.

[@neverneverland5836]

@@plaster.art.ho3 yes everyone knows it but there's a difference between knowing it and seeing it played out in such an undeniable way

[@EvaIdk__Romania]

Do I see a neverlanddd????

[@Bettersucksaul]

The brain power she had on her board is what helped get others to back her. Her company was extremely small when it began. She was incredibly manipulative

[@DelphineEraklea]

i remember when i worked for a blood supplies company i heard a glimpse of our technician specialist and a former er doctor saying that - ha, some girl is trying to do that, and when asked why she can’t, he said that a) if it was possible, it would have already been made and priced madly b) the amount of blood she said was needed is not physically possible to test for all that stuff and c) the fact that blood is taken from capillaries won’t give an exact result anyway

[@MaksGeez]

Fired for not being a “team player” what she really meant is “this team is for sociopaths only…. caring about people? Lulz, We don’t do that bullshit here”

[@emma_nutella58]

Her and Sunny staging a whole fake lab to show the vice president sounds like the plot to a Disney sitcom

[@deaconstjohn4842]

That Lab was very real

[@chuggaa100]

@@deaconstjohn4842 no

[@carmeloanthony5267]

Joe Biden lol

[@catray9333]

Drake and Josh sounding plot.

[@falconeshield]

Cory in the House?

[@Melissa-zr6zw]

I’m surprised there wasn’t a segment included about how she crafted this clever, authoritative Steve Jobs-inspired appearance and demeanor-she allegedly made habits of blinking less and lowering her voice! Wild!

[@nyx3983]

tbh. shocked to not see this noted either. she thought appearing more manly would get more investors. guess it worked. lol.

[@doos3000]

There are voiceclips online where you hear her real voice which sounds nothing like the weird low pitch sounds that escapes her fraud mouth

[@LetHimRead]

It's bizarre, her voice is cleaaaarly identified as fake but I guess not

[@lilheinz9496]

34:45 he did.

[@randomunicorn1578]

She's just creepy!

[@michaelreece2966]

I’m a singer and still trying to figure out how she was able to keep that low voice. I’ve heard her real voice. So I know why she did it other than wanting to model herself after Steve Jobs.

[@mimoleta]

As a woman, my voice is naturally deeper than what she is trying to imitate and her fake deep voice sounds very strained, like she has something stuck in the back of her throat.

[@gayesha]

This was such a well put together video! Very informatiive and one of the best ones i've seen covering Elizabeth Holmes.

[@8ligh7]

Her intense wide eye stare has always felt creepy even before the whole thing was exposed.

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

Its because wide eyed stares translates in our brain to predator. And we should be wary and/or running right now to not get eaten

[@January962]

And bad make up didn’t help either

[@b.collins2656]

there's a term for that called "sanpaku eyes". they're usually a good indicator of someone being fucking unhinged.

[@TAGMZs63]

Like the snake from The Jungle Book. She hypnotized everyone with those large, blue ,non blinking eyes. Creepy

[@markthompson180]

@@b.collins2656 - I've never heard of that term before, but on reading about it, it makes so much sense. Seeing so much of the whites of her eyes both above and below the irises was always disturbing to me somehow. Now I know I'm not the only one...

[@SourRazberry]

As someone who’s worked in a medical laboratory for 3 years (including doing COVID tests during all 2020-2021 aka the height of the pandemic) this shit is somehow way less shocking to me than it is to the general public. So many medical labs nowadays are run by business dudes and investors who don’t know a lick about science, only caring about $$$, cutting corners, and trying to tell us with science knowledge what to do. I thought it was just my lab until I talked to older people who have experience in other labs everywhere, even in other countries. They all say the same thing. They all are money hungry and don’t care about quality, only the quantity of money coming in. Just keep that in mind when you get a test result back that doesn’t make much sense, always listen to yourself and get a second opinion.

[@shrimpyalfredo3933]

Its such a shame that a field that shouldnt be hampered by the greed of man.....is hampered by the greed of man. The love of money is truly the root of all evil.

[@SourRazberry]

@@shrimpyalfredo3933it’s scary and it’s heartbreaking. As a naive young adult, I assumed the field wasn’t tarnished by the greed and evils of the “outside world” but, alas, it is apart of this cruel world, too. I wholeheartedly agree with you.

[@Nurse_Meeks]

YESSS. I’m a nurse and I’m so sick of being in facilities bought by some dude with a business degree in underwater basket weaving trying to tell us how to care for patients. It’s terrifying how they’ve taken the actual clinically trained people out of the clinical settings. I’m like, what do you need us for when you have Ted in another state who seems to think he can determine the guidelines for something he has never even heard of? It’s disgusting.

[@SourRazberry]

@@Nurse_MeeksO M G THE CEO OF MY COMPANY IS LITERALLY NAMED TED AND LIVES OUT OF STATE WITH A BUSINESS DEGREE 🤣🤣🤣 I relate so hard I can’t stop laughing but it makes this simultaneously soooo much worse. I’m so freaking sorry what you have to go through. these business dudes are smart when it comes to making money but god… so STUPID when it comes to science. They make the worst decisions. And they use their workers like slaves for more profit.

[@olandir]

Yeah this is why healthcare shouldn't be shackled by capitalism. Walgreens was so worried about CVS scooping them on profits that they put people's lives at risk.

[@damilolaaduragbemi1838]

I rarely comment on docs. This doc is excellent, the content, the background music, the voice over very relaxing and engaging. Value for my time. A new subscriber 😊

[@KyleAButler]

11 years for defrauding investors but nothing for defrauding patients. America!

[@ThimbleFox350]

gotta love how she looks down on people for not working "important" jobs when she literally had everything in her life handed to her

[@jamiethompson1008]

Shes a liar, shes greedy, shes a drop out, shes a failure, and now shes a prisoner and felon. She did it all to herself.

[@kirara2516]

and she herself dropped out of school.

[@TrackpadProductions]

It's the story of every single one of these people. The myth of the "self-made billionaire." Step one - be born wealthy.

[@williammcneil2045]

what i hate about this, is people argue that if her machine worked it would have solved so many problems, but it never worked, it was a scam from the start.

[@leahalford5769]

Exactly. No one said her idea wasn't gonna help people if it worked. They were pissed off because IT DIDNT yet she lied and said it did. I think she mightve had some good intentions but her privilege and greed and ego got in the way. She started it wanting it to work but her pride and ego just could not accept defeat and that it just simply wasn't possible for the time being. Maybe it wouldn't work in the future. Maybe it would. Either way it's ahead of it's time.

[@lornarettig3215]

And she had no reason to believe it ever would work. Actually qualified and experienced people, as opposed to her high school level of education, told her before she started her dumb company that it was science fiction. Her ego was out of control before day 1.

[@SigynRegn]

I just absolutely love the entering of this video. It's done perfectly. All of it is really well done but the first part is real masterpiece. Music, montage. Really good.

[@exploshaun]

It's ridiculous how companies can get so much praise with zero working products in market.

[@jd3330]

Being in this field of biomedicine, I cannot believe that those investors did not even look at the science. The amount of work we usually have to do just to even get a chance to submit an application for funding is OUTRAGEOUS. To think that she secured funding based on nothing is crazy.

[@jennifer60515]

This is the question that I have. Why didn’t any of the scientists who worked at Theranos tell her that it couldn’t be done? They actually had their educations and should have known it was never going to be possible to produce the testing that she said would be possible with just one drop of blood. I therefore don’t understand how this charade was able to continue for so long. My education is in law, I don’t know anything about science, but I don’t understand why this shouldn’t have been common knowledge to all of her employees? Could you please explain this to me?

[@jd3330]

@@jennifer60515I think half of them did question the validity of the tech. Based on reports, it seems like a lot of scientists were silenced and monitored closely to make sure they just keep doing what they are told to do. I recommend watching the show The Dropout with Amanda Seyfried! It is fictionalized but of course based on facts. A few scientists were even threatened if they start questioning the actual tech.

[@lillyfox2537]

@@jennifer60515 From watching a doc on her, it appears she fired people who spoke up

[@Shadow-jn9yv]

​@@jennifer60515 The working environment in the company was absolutely atrocious and almost as fascicle as you would see in a Dilbert comic. Departments that would normally be in constant communication in any real company were not really allowed to talk with one another. Specific issues with the instruments might not make it to the engineers working on the designs from those actually testing the blood. Employees were threatened with lawsuits, legally unenforceable NDAs, and situations that were diametrically opposed. Some even put there very lives in danger trying to get the machines to work. Ian Gibbons was supposed to go on trial as the lab director and testify on behalf of Theranos. To him, telling the truth might mean the loss of his job (possible blacklisting too) versus committing perjury. The choice that stood before him was so overwhelming that he committed suicide. One whistleblower, Erika Cheung, was getting incredibly low reliability when it came to the blood tests. She voiced her concerns and was met with "bad" results simply being removed from the data. At one point,a cease and desist letter was given to her at a residence so new, that even her own mother wasn't aware of where it was; she was being followed by thugs working for Theranos lawers. At one point, the Edisons or MiniLabs (can't remember which) had mechanical failures so frequently that employees were sticking their hands into machines with sharp instruments that came in contact with actual blood samples to free moving parts. The sheer number of risks people took with their own health is simply astounding. Sorry, I didn't mean to become preachy or make it seem like I was attacking you. It's just that I have worked for terrible businesses in the past where I too have put my life at risk to get something done. What I went through was nothing compared to what these people went through. Things like this just brings my blood to a boil.

[@ouwebrood497]

If you are a woman with long blond hair and you can get the right men simping for you..... Their you go, right through the glass ceiling.

[@em_rip]

I love how people invested in a young Elizabeth when she wasn’t even certified or had the official education in medicine. She dropped out lmao. It goes to show how stupid people really are even though they have money.

[@mookinbabysealfurmittens]

Yeah, she was clearly an absolute villain, but ffs the investors were SUCH fools! If _this_ doesn't prove that multi-millionaires & billionaires are not smart and did not get there by being clever in any way. It's all insider info and crap-shoots ...with old money.

[@johanlahti84]

Well TBH loads of big corp executives dropped out, or didn't go at all. People with passion and genuine interest in what they do can do great things for a company. So I don't see how a lack of a PhD or doctorate etc. Would be a red flag. Lots of other red flags tho. But not that.

[@dizzylilthing]

@@johanlahti84 she has no medical training but she helped invent this? it's like how musk has no city planning experience so he thought the Las Vegas Loop was an innovation.

[@em_rip]

@@johanlahti84 it wouldn’t be a problem if it was for products like phones like her biggest inspiration, Steve Jobs, but it was medicine. She was leading the construction of something that required education and knowledge of how these things even worked currently in the field. It was a major red flag that no one cared about because the majority of the public doesn’t understand this type of science. She used that to manipulate everyone. Now she did hire others to help develop it but she made sure she was always the one people communicated their developments to and didn’t allow communication within her own company. I mean you wouldn’t want to go to a doctor who had a revolutionary new way to heal people if he didn’t even go to school for more than a year or two right Lmao

[@realleon2328]

@johanlahti84 see in her case, I would absolutely believe that she was just trying to co-opt the narrative of these kinds of people for street cred among investors.

[@CiprianaLeme]

At the end there, when she speaks and does not blink once… creepy. Her eyes are just a huge red flag. She hypnotized people into believing in her.

[@re-settt]

her eyes are terrifying fr imagine coming across her in a dark hallway

[@rosequartzandserenity]

My 9th grade Biology teacher was actually Alex Shultz, Tyler Shultz's dad. He retired that same year, which unfortunately ended with online school. (he's back now after being elected to the school board last year!) He talked a lot about how much the lawsuit affected their family, not just financially but emotionally. Theranos came after Tyler with such a ferocity that he slept with knife by his bedside, and it had a significant effect on Tyler's relationship with his grandfather, who refused to believe him for years. Their relationship improved slowly afterwards, but it was never the same after everything that happened. It's so disappointing that she got away with such minimal punishment and it's so disgusting that she wasn't found guilty of defrauding patients. As someone who barely passed that Biology class, it baffles me that no one realized anything was suspicious when even I thought everything sounded fishy when I first heard about it 😭

[@R_S747]

Wow that's so sad :(

[@schnickschnack2000]

I‘m not a scientist but even for me it is clear, that one drop of blood can‘t proof random health issues. That is common sense.

[@t.d.writer1589]

Her criminology is so funny because if she was a movie villain, maybe for Stark, everyone would discredit the character for being unrealistic or lazily written.

[@PiroKUSS]

Just shows how ignorant critics and most of the public are to how bizarre reality can be.

[@randomnerd3402]

​@Zonnie In a story, you should still make it clear why a character is the way they are and why they do the things they do. If the audience can't find an in-story reason of why a character does something, that is indeed lazy writing.

[@PiroKUSS]

@@randomnerd3402 No, you shouldn't. You don't have to tell the audience everything.

[@randomnerd3402]

@@PiroKUSS Well if a character has zero motivations for their actions in a story, the story usually isn't quite engaging. Of course there's exceptions when it comes to mysterious characters. I wasn't saying to tell the audience everything, but just to give clear cause and effect when it comes to the plot points, and not have a story where the characters are like, "I did this cause PLOT NEEDS TO HAPPEN."

[@PiroKUSS]

@@randomnerd3402 Characters don't always need a cause for their actions, nor does it need to be clear. A story can still be engaging if s character doesn't have any reasoning behind the way they act, you know?

[@machidraws1]

i wonder if all the compliments she ever recieved she thought to herself in the back of her head, "im a fraud"

[@Bigfluffinfluff]

Your video formats and commentary are so good bro.

[@Imperial_Squid]

Con artists are terrible people but medical based con artists are barely human...

[@crazy4dariver]

You hit the nail on the head! I went to my lab to get blood work done. 3-5 days for results. Went grocery shopping and saw the "lab" at Safeway that claimed 1 hr. Safeway claimed I was boarder line diabetic and charged me. My lab came back with cancer markers. This woman can rot in hell for all I care. I'm not diabetic, not even close.

[@sytherwusky]

On a wider point it's becoming clear that investors have collectively lost their minds, it seems like the only triggered by Lofty promises of getting in on the next facebook that didn't want to look further. And here in lies the main problem think as yourself as an experienced investor you've heard about this new company that has raised hundreds of millions of dollars and have major partner's backing it you think you hit a goldmine but you've also think you've gotten in on the next Tesla. The whole story take the saying fake it till you make it to the next level. But what happens when the things you promise a lot more harder than you hoped? When do you pass the point of no return and just keep lying untill you get caught? For Elizabeth she just kept lying it until the very end.

[@SS-xj4fs]

There’s a pharmacy out there that still has a Theranos lab!?

[@thegreencat9947]

Safeway is not a certified lab. Like going to Wal-Mart to get your eyes checked. 😨

[@senecauk8363]

Even her deep voice was put on. People close to her noticed that she started putting the voice on around the powerful investors, but spoke with a much higher pitch in other contexts...

[@bestsnowboarderuknow]

Congrats on a million bro. You deserve it!

[@MrSpacat]

No matter how many times I watch about this lady it never gets less fascinating.

[@sourgreendolly7685]

this but mote frustrating for me

[@mookinbabysealfurmittens]

More vexing over here.

[@Sadreath]

Honestly I never understood how people got roped into it. Not on a scientific level but all her appearances on TV and in ads always were so unsettling to me. Especially the last one in this video really gives me the creeps.

[@realleon2328]

@@Sadreath ugh yeah, she straight up looks like a reptile in that video

[@horvathsogranfume658]

read my reply in her weird voice

[@KirstenMarie_MS3]

Watching all of this go down as a CMA and Cell and Molecular Biology major was absolutely surreal. It was quite baffling, knowing what certain tests entail and why they entail it, to watch people fall for the lies. This is the sort of crap that happens when you leave decisions to execs with MBAs that have never worked the floor a day in their life. Plenty of people were crying foul, but no one cares what you have to say if you're not allowed in the board room.

[@treysonmcgrady4750]

Yep almost anyone who’s actually worked in healthcare could tell this was a scam immediately. Gotta love capitalism!

[@TAGMZs63]

I've been a nurse for over 30 years, not as educated as you, but I read about it and thought, how??

[@KirstenMarie_MS3]

@@TAGMZs63 I don't think you would need a degree to see the writing on the wall. Half of all the labwork is, at its most basic level, all about concentrations. I was having flashbacks to spectroscopy labs. Especially one I botched royally because a bunch of concentrations were too low. And the patch thing.... what? Lol. Guess she's never seen anyone hang IV antibiotics. I get this mental image of people walking around, looking like some ICU patients that end up with IV poles looking like "Christmas trees".

[@Kenghym]

To be fair: there's a lot of interesting new stuff going on in the field of biosensors. Nucleotides seem to be all the rage right now and they can provide highly specific detection on very little physical space. But yes, my first thought exactly - the makeup of the 'solution'. There's so much stuff in our blood... be it sugars, hormones, enzymes, blood cells. Measuring anything against that kind of 'noise' is impossible. Even with new sensors. Samples still need to be prepared

[@marhawkman303]

@@KirstenMarie_MS3 Yeah, some of these tests are a matter of measuring ratios aren't they? using a smaller sample means reducing the accuracy of the test results. One drop of blood for one test is iffy, but trying to claim 100+ with a single drop? nah. You'd need stuff like what they have in Star Trek for that.

[@paulneuhof]

Shocking how she got so far with all these frauds right from the start

[@thureintun1687]

First hearing the heartwarming relationship between her uncle and Elizabeth the niece, then about how she turned up alongside a man of ~20 years older as a partner at the age of 18, all seems urging me to question THE supposed uncle-niece relationship of her childhood 😬🥶 Scary indeed 🥶

[@roseyoung44]

No matter how many times I hear this story, it still manages to surprise me with the utter disregard Holmes held for the people she lied to. This technology would have been life-changing for millions, and she knew this and chose to exploit all the hopeful people and investors who believed in her. Why do I keep finding myself shocked when people sacrifice the happiness and lives of others just for a paycheck or status?

[@marhawkman303]

Worse than THAT? With the money she was throwing at doing research, she could have come up with something practical, but chose to chase wispy rainbow dreams.

[@markthompson180]

Elizabeth is a narcissist. They don't care about other people's feelings.

[@Jackson-pu7gd]

This woman is despicable and it makes me so angry that she is likely to succeed in her appeal. I don't think it's a coincidence that she got pregnant right around the time she was facing a potential long jail sentence. She brought a child into this world just to try and save her own ass, not caring about the possibility that the child could grow up without a mother for most of their childhood. I really hope she doesn't get away with this.

[@lillyfox2537]

omg fr I feel so bad for her child. I hope her child gets to live with a different, non-sociopath family

[@carterpitbull7366]

She did both tbh, married a man she barely knew and popped out a child so she could have the image of a “loving mother and wife” to help her image, luckily it didn’t fucking work.

[@deactivated-78936]

I don't think she'll succeed in her appeal, tbh. I think the appeal process is just buying her time and she knows that.

[@Jackson-pu7gd]

@@carterpitbull7366 actually i suspect her reason for having the child was along the lines of "you cant put me in jail, my newborn child needs their mother! its not fair on the child!". This is the second time shes done this, and both times the timing of the pregnancy was highly suspect. She's absolutely disgusting. I cant stand to even look at her.

[@jenmdawg]

It’s not likely to win an appeal on a federal sentence but she still just might. She’s terrifying.

[@carlwheezer623]

Jesus Christ Elizabeth Holmes might have been the Nepo-est Nepo Baby that’s ever Nepo’d 😂

[@BenchongDy]

What I love about these stories is that people who support and defend her and someone like Smollet got served.

[@Lozzie74]

The part I find most concerning is that Elizabeth didn’t think she did anything wrong throughout this. From her view, she had a dream and anyone challenging her was just a hater. These sorts of psychopaths abound in society and we need to hold them to account.

[@danisverse]

But that really is how alot of the world works, many fake it till they make it and even when they make it, they still can continue to fake it. So I do not see her different to many others who follow same tactic. It actually helps you manifest stuff alot. Ofc it does not always workout. But what I will fault her for is using the strategy where people's lives were involved. But hey, we live in a duality world. We need those who do what we perceive as wrong to help us reflect and hopefully strive to do better ourselves. I firmly believe everyone exists for a reason, even serial keelerz.

[@jeremymcclary3901]

Sadly, we can't as they now RUN society.... Citation...J.R. Biden wholeheartedly endorsed her.... (And undoubtedly asked her for several of her professional fraudster tips.....)

[@TrackpadProductions]

_"Fake it 'til you make it"_ is not ever applicable to building _life-critical medical devices that will be used to treat actual human patients._ It says a lot about Holmes that somehow, this never seemed to click with her.

[@danisverse]

@@TrackpadProductions That is why I said what I did, as I said it was applied to the wrong situation. However the covid vaccine was partially built with abit of this mentality imo.

[@midnight4685]

@@danisverse man im gonna need a whole lot of sources to back up that last claim of yours, because it is genuinely dangerous to claim that the vaccine is unsafe. The covid vaccine was developed based on our already-existing vaccine for sars and it was very, very thoroughly tested. Not even the mentality is comparible at all, because there was no mentality to fake it, it was just 'try things, fail, try more things until they work' and they didn't pretend they had one before they did.

[@bioticjedi3864]

She was so committed to appearing legit she shoulda just used that energy and money to do something real lmao

[@annavictrix]

Some people care more about appearances than anything else. To them, what others see is their reality.

[@pete6705]

She could not run any company. She could be a good PR person or sales/marketing, or something like that but never CEO. She did everything idiotically, backwards and wrong. She wasn’t just a liar, she was horrible at managing money and employees, if she got another billion dollars from investors she would have quickly flushed that right down the toilet too

[@f1o18iwi9]

from all swindlers last 20 yrs I hate this one so much.

[@Jessthehunt]

Another great deep dive dude❤❤❤ it’s insane how far this con went.

[@almightyarsenal3366]

Behind every entrepreneur is a brilliant engineer that is able to keep up with the insane ideas of the former, just like Steve Jobs had Steve Wozniak. Elizabeth’s problem was that she had an idea that no engineer in the field could accomplish and she couldn’t accept that fact.

[@sck3570]

Barca Barca

[@anarchy_79]

"Doesn't matter, I got mine"

[@emiledlund9559]

Nah, Steve Jobs idea was at least physically possible. As evidenced by the device I’m writing this comment on. The problem with Elizabeth was that she wanted to create a device that would almost be out of place in Star Wars

[@DimaRakesah]

It's kind of a shame it's not possible. It would be amazing for patients and doctors to be able to get faster, easier test results. I guess it would also make a ton of money for some companies and shit but damn... it would make it so much easier for the average person too.

[@pete6705]

Also in the tech world, with enough money and manpower most reasonable goals can be eventually achieved. But in the medical world a lot of things are just not possible. It wouldn’t have mattered if she raised another 20 billion, what she was trying to do was medically and scientifically impossible. But she saw it as a tech company and thought if she kept throwing money at it, it would eventually work.

[@keithsargent6963]

Everyone WANTED this woman to succeed which in my opinion kept them from seeing it for what it was for so long.

[@stephenheffren4324]

That's the worst part about these cons. You desperately want the lie to be real, to the point you can't see why it physically won't.

[@pete6705]

There were a lot of reasons why they were able to keep it a secret for so long, they did a lot of work to keep it secret, but there were many other reasons too. But a big one was definitely that she was a young great female in the tech world and everyone was enamored and distracted by the idea of a “female Steve Jobs”. All the old male investors and the media loved her and were charmed by her, but they were also patting themselves on the back for helping a revolutionary woman.

[@St4rTr3v1Ut10n]

Diversity kills.

[@newturtle3]

P much -woman -college dropout -self made -STEM major or occupaation -backed by every major named rich person Just being a woman doing something in STEM field is already seen by the political correct / female empowerment obsessed companies journalists higher ups etc. They eat up that stuff. It really is funny and sad they always jump the gun because they alsp legit think if they report it as such the lie will miraculously come true. We all wanna wish for a magical jesus 2nd coming level figures that solve all the world's problems. But its not. Society advancements as a whole are always a group backing each other up. No one ever solos something or rarely does. Even when they do takes a long time to get recognition.

[@bromisovalum8417]

The eyes always give it away.

[@gabrielhannan6967]

Yooo jitts Hella good at telling stories man I loved it. Gotta subscribe lol

[@speeeee35]

What always amazed me about Elizabeth Holmes is not that she’s swindled and fibbed… That’s a pretty common thing in startups in the tech world… Just usually patients don’t get affected, you know… But yeah, the thing that always blows my mind about her is that she was such a narcissist that she thought the reason people didn’t use a small droplet of blood to do all CBC and health tests was because no one had thought of it… Like that’s honestly astounding to me It would be like if I said to you today “yo I had the best idea that’s gonna make me a millionaire… hear me out… Instead of using planes, trains and automobiles, and messing up the environment… From now on, we should just use teleportation pods where humans evaporate into thin air and appear somewhere else. Isn’t that a great idea?” Like I truly believed, I was the first person to ever contemplate that idea, and thought that that was what had prevented it from happening already lol. Literally any first year nursing student, and most nurses assistance could tell you that this is not physically possible. Not with current technology. Not even close.

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

THANK YOU like I've thought that for so long & you're the only person I've seen saying this explicitly. Thank you.

[@markthompson180]

Oh man what a great idea! I want to invest in that teleports-thing you just proposed! Lol

[@Mostie-ev7oh]

The closest thing we have to something like that are glucometers for diabetes and that’s just to make sure your blood sugar isn’t too high or low. But uh yeah fuck Elizabeth Holmes.

[@darylmixan8170]

I like your thought! It's alot like somebody saying they were the first to think of a semi-truck engine that can get 100 miles a gallon... of course we all want it and it would be wonderful.... in the future it maybe possible... but like Theranos, Can you please show me first? If it is as simple and easy as you say, I'll should get and understand it in a very short time.

[@thelemurofmadagascar9183]

You don't even need to be a nursing student. All I have is a high school education, and even I know her claims were physically impossible to accomplish.

[@Hunrock]

Bro this video making my work shift past so fast very entertaining long video perfect thank you

[@eniev7459]

The perfect absolute embodiment of a high-functioning psychopath, complete with permanent hungry eyes and all

[@SM-BSW]

BTW John Carreyrou's book, Bad Blood, about Theranos is one hell of a page turner. It's well worth the read (or listen if you're an audiobook person).

[@Megumi646]

I would like to also recommend Bad Blood: The Final Chapter. It’s a podcast by John Carreyrou. The Apple Podcast version also summarizes what happened during her trial in court which was not live-streamed or anything.

[@Drillbitayler]

I came here to post the same thing then saw your comment. Listened to it right when it came out. Great listen! Also, if you enjoy/enjoyed that book, you may also enjoy American Kingpin by Nick Bilton. I actually like that book more than Bad Blood :) It's also a REALLY good audiobook, but also a great book as well.

[@slowstowns]

back when i was still a phlebotomist, i had many patients tell me that they were wary about donating blood or getting blood tests because of the whole theranos debacle. it's sad that one person could make so many people shy away from doing something that could potentially save their or other people's lives just because of that.

[@TheZanzibarMan]

That is such a shame

[@dawnreneegmail]

50 year Phlebotomy career here and LH and schzenfraud makes my blood boil. What a hack‼️

[@wolfetteplays8894]

Fuck that, if they want blood they can get it from animals

[@speedoboyshawn9080]

Does anyone else notice a striking similarity in both her cadence, lack of regard for human interest, and lizard gaze akin to one Mark Zuckerberg?

[@stevenclarke5606]

Elizabeth Holmes the genius that was unable to to understand the concept of Hair Conditioner!

[@hungtotheover3385]

Her eyes genuinely freak me out. It’s like looking into a glass window, absolutely nothing there

[@sushihater]

agreed

[@Rac3r4Life]

Let's be honest, the only reason she faced any consequences is because she financially hurt a bunch of rich and powerful people. Had the same thing happened and only middle class people were hurt, she would have had very little consequences. That's the way this country works.

[@djenzo2450]

As long as there are people who are willing to buy lies without checking first, there's always someone willing to sell it

[@meimei]

i wish the wife and family the best after losing Ian.. He did more for the company than she could even get close to, and protected the patient, while having cancer

[@lucasl202-61]

Her face gives the vibes of Zuckerberg, but instead of "haha funny lizard man" it's "This human has no human emotions" and it's genuinely _creepy_

[@sourgreendolly7685]

As it should be. She has no empathy, it's all ego behind those eyes

[@korvapuustit]

they are autistic ❤️

[@pearlsr1880]

The destruction she created around everyone is unbelievable. That poor man who committed suicide and she did not care at all. Not even calling the wife, absolutely disgusting she is. Now she is getting all the karma back. She deserves every punishment

[@yadusolparterre]

She is getting zero karma back. She is filthy rich and still sees her children

[@studiosinger]

No such thing as karma only repentance of sin asking God’s forgiveness. Karma is an illusion form of vengeance witchcraft. God says he only will take vengeance if He sees fit.

[@upwaveflash8429]

​@@studiosingerlet keep the fantasy where it still be Trust me With the kind of her narsicism characteristic pieces of sht If the karma dont play here I am ready to fly to the prison where her in the jail and give her Copper cope candy in her brain and let her back to ashes as the way should be... I just quite hate these narsicistic crap like them Hope i and everyone could move on their life and avoid this With out narcisism The world *COULD* be better I still felt empty and quite hopeless Look like i wont have a roll at anythings but it will be better than that lying crap (hope i wont end myself in misery of insignifican and regret life ... hope so)

[@marleylove510]

@@studiosinger You sound satanic

[@wolfetteplays8894]

That’s the cost of successs

[@seemelater5056]

the "thanks for 1 mil

[@theshiv5288]

When someone successfully sells you on investing in their crazy scam all while you completely ignore their crazy eyes.