Anyone following the 'Theranos case'?

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She's on trial this week. It's crazy how she managed to fool everyone including investors like Murdoch and Kissinger, Schulze, etc who were appointed to the board.

I somehow feel like she might get off with a lighter sentence. Probably claim that it was a technical failure instead of it being a whole scam and deliberately deceiving investors.
 

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She's on trial this week. It's crazy how she managed to fool everyone including investors like Murdoch and Kissinger, Schulze, etc who were appointed to the board.

I somehow feel like she might get off with a lighter sentence. Probably claim that it was a technical failure instead of it being a whole scam and deliberately deceiving investors.
Theranos was clearly a scam... that complex blood results could be achieved on the cheap from a pinprick of blood by a device the size of a printer... and all developed by a university drop out doing her best Steve Jobs impression

and seriously, what responsible woman allows herself to get pregnant just before she goes on trial and potentially has to serve jail time
 

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Theranos was clearly a scam... that complex blood results could be achieved on the cheap from a pinprick of blood by a device the size of a printer... and all developed by a university drop out doing her best Steve Jobs impression

and seriously, what responsible woman allows herself to get pregnant just before she goes on trial and potentially has to serve jail time
Yeah if she was a guy, media would've already labeled her a con artist and probably get the same treatment like Madoff.
 

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It won't be the last scam to come out of silicon valley.
 

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and seriously, what responsible woman allows herself to get pregnant just before she goes on trial and potentially has to serve jail time
She done it on purpose.
She knows she is guilty and hoping that the court will be lenient on her because she is pregnant.
It's a joke - These people scam millions from average joes (I dont care that Murdoch, Kissinger, etc lost money) and I hate to be un-PC here, but we all know women get much lighter sentencing than men do for the same crimes.
 

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Wasn't she trying to blame her ex for mentally and sexually abusing her and says she is not responsible for decisions she made as head of the company because her mind was impaired by “manipulation” because of him.
 

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Wasn't she trying to blame her ex for mentally and sexually abusing her and says she is not responsible for decisions she made as head of the company because her mind was impaired by “manipulation” because of him.
She's just a liar. She knew the machine was flawed but kept firing engineers or anyone who raised concerns about the project.
 
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