Is This Legal?
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Is This Legal?
Ep. 50 Fake it Until You're Indicted: The Elizabeth Holmes Story
In the early 2000s, plucky entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of college and started a company called Theranos, promising to revolutionize blood screenings for medical patients. By 2014, Theranos was valued at almost 10 billion dollars. Fast forward a few years, and Theranos is gone, while Elizabeth Holmes awaits trial later this year on multiple counts of wire fraud. What happened? Criminal defense attorneys Russell Hebets and Colin McCallin take a look at this fascinating case, the likely defenses Ms. Holmes' attorneys will use, and the problems with those defenses. Get your popcorn!
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