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Elizabeth Holmes and Ramesh Balwani had similar charges
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Business Insider | 17/07/2022 10:53 PM | Click to read full article
Former Theranos COO Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani was convicted on fraud-related charges in federal court last week. But he received a very different verdict than that of his ex-girlfriend, former business partner, and co-defendant, Elizabeth Holmes, who faced similar charges.
While Holmes was convicted on 4 counts, Balwani was convicted on 12 counts last week.