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Elizabeth Anne Holmes (born February 3, 1984) is an American biotechnology entrepreneur who was convicted of fraud in connection to her blood-testing company, Theranos. The company's valuation soared after it claimed to have revolutionized blood testing by developing methods that needed only very small volumes of blood, such as from a fingerprick.
Janet Leslie Cooke (born July 23, 1954) is an American former journalist. She received a Pulitzer Prize in 1981 for an article written for The Washington Post.The story was later discovered to have been fabricated and Cooke returned the prize, the only person to date to do so, after admitting she had fabricated stories.
In mail fraud, US federal jurisdiction is based on the enumerated power to create a post office under Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution. International reply coupons mailed by participants of Charles Ponzi's scheme is a 20th-century example of mail fraud. Ponzi was charged with the U.S. federal crime of mail fraud. Wire fraud
Theranos Inc. (/ ˈ θ ɛr. ə n. oʊ s /) was an American privately held corporation that was touted as a breakthrough health technology company. Founded in 2003 by then 19-year-old Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos raised more than US$700 million from venture capitalists and private investors, resulting in a $10 billion valuation at its peak in 2013 and 2014.
June 17, 2024 at 4:29 PM. Carlotta Cardana/Bloomberg/Getty Images. A report from the New York Times on Saturday alleges Will Lewis, the Washington Post’s embattled new publisher and chief ...
Woman fakes 133 police reports to erase millions in debts, Texas cops say. The owner of a credit repair company was arrested after Texas authorities accused her of using fake police reports to fix ...
Reality Leigh Winner (born December 4, 1991) [5] [6] is an American U.S. Air Force veteran and former NSA translator. In 2018, she was given the longest prison sentence ever imposed for an unauthorized release of government information to the media [7] after she leaked an intelligence report about Russian interference in the 2016 United States ...
Harriette Walters (born c. 1956) is a former civil servant who worked as a tax assessments manager for the District of Columbia. She was convicted of being the central participant in the largest fraud scheme ever perpetrated by a District of Columbia government official. According to those officials, she worked with others to fraudulently ...