As the jury deliberates Elizabeth Holmes' fate, experts say 'fraud is complicated'
A jury in Silicon Valley has been weighing the fate of Holmes, the former tech executive whose blood-testing startup Theranos shot her to fame. She now faces criminal fraud charges.
The image of Elizabeth Holmes as a disgraced former startup founder who careened her once high-flying blood-testing company off a cliff has been etched into Silicon Valley history.
Many who formed opinions about Holmes after watching the documentary, reading the bestselling book or listening to a podcast on her former startup Theranos have been puzzling over why the jury has been debating the case against her for five days and still can't decide.
Part of the reason: the story of Theranos has looked vastly different over the past four months from inside a federal courthouse in San Jose, California, than it has from the outside.
It is beyond dispute that Theranos, once valued at $9 billion, imploded after failing
