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    It's judgment day for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes

    The fallen Silicon Valley star faces up to 15 years in prison for defrauding investors in her blood-testing company. A U.S. senator is among those who have written letters asking for mercy.
    by Bobby Allyn Nov 18, 2022 3 minutes
    Photos of Elizabeth Holmes and her partner, Billy Evans, included as part of a public court submission to Judge Ed Davila, who will preside over Holmes' sentencing hearing on Friday.

    SAN JOSE, Calif – Former Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes is heading to a federal courthouse here on Friday to beg for leniency during her sentencing hearing. Prosecutors are expected to argue that the onetime leader of the blood-testing startup Theranos deserves 15 years in prison.

    Judgment day for Holmes follows on three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy for duping investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars with false and misleading claims about what her supposedly breakthrough technology could do with just a

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