Elizabeth Holmes appeals fraud conviction of her company Theranos

Former Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes sentenced in USA to 11 years in prison for fraud in the management of his Theranos biotech company, has asked an appeals court to overturn his conviction, according to court documents released Monday.

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Holmes and his legal team have until March 3 of next year to submit trial briefs and transcripts to support their petition, according to a notice in the docket released by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California, one of 13 appeals courts. country federals.

According to the letter, Holmes challenges the prison sentence handed down in November, as well as “each and every one of the adverse decisions incorporated, prior or secondary to the sentence.”

Holmes was sentenced on November 18 to just over 11 years in prison for defrauding investors with her new venture Silicon Valley, Theranoswhich promised a revolution in health diagnostics.

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The 38-year-old woman appeared in federal court in California for sentencing after being convicted in January of four counts of fraud for persuading investors that she had developed an innovative medical device before the company collapsed following an investigation. by The Wall Street Journal.

The case became an indictment against the Silicon Valleyand federal prosecutors sought a 15-year prison term for Holmes. She was sentenced to 135 months.

Holmeswho is pregnant and the mother of a young child, will not have to turn herself in to begin serving her sentence until April next year, the federal district judge ordered Edward Davilain a courtroom in San Jose, California.

The woman became a star Silicon Valley when he said his new company was perfecting an easy-to-use test kit that could perform a wide range of medical diagnoses with just a few drops of blood.

Source: Elcomercio

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