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Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Begins 11-Year Prison Sentence

  • Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, started her 11-year prison sentence for defrauding investors at a minimum-security facility in Bryan, Texas.
  • Holmes was once valued at $4.5 billion but is now serving time for making false claims about her company's blood testing technology.
  • Inmates at the Bryan prison camp are eager to befriend Holmes, whose sudden fame and fortune captivated Silicon Valley.
  • Holmes leaves behind two young children to serve her sentence in a facility housing mostly white-collar criminals.
  • The judge ordered Holmes and her ex-boyfriend, former Theranos COO Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, to pay $452 million in restitution to their victims.
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