Theranos Elizabeth Holmes

A new court filing from prosecutors alleges that Theranos scammer Elizabeth Holmes attempted to fly to Mexico after she was found guilty of fraud.

Her case has come to represent the dark side of Silicon Valley’s hustle culture and “fake it till you make it” ethos. The founder of the failed blood-testing start-up “But she also had not yet cancelled the trip, amidst everything that has been going on.” “Given the verdict, she does not plan to take the trip,” read the statement. Davila of California’s Northern District said he believed it was Holmes’ hubris and intoxication with fame that led her to defraud investors of more than $100 million. “Only after the government raised this unauthorized flight with defense counsel was the trip canceled,” read the filing.

Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes tried to “flee” the United States a few weeks after her conviction for fraud last year, prosecutors said in ...

They said they expect Holmes will argue in reply to their filing that she did not actually leave the country, but it is difficult to know what would have happened without government intervention. 26, but a return flight was not scheduled. Holmes has since appealed her conviction and filed a motion to be released from detention at an estate while her appeal plays out. [was found guilty of three counts of wire fraud](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/588094-jury-finds-theranos-founder-elizabeth-holmes-guilty-on-four-counts/) and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud last January for misleading investors about the effectiveness of her startup company’s blood-testing technology. Prosecutors said in the filing that Holmes’s legal defense has argued that she has a “flawless” pretrial record but does not mention her “attempt to flee.” They said the government learned on Jan. But prosecutors said in a filing opposing her motion that Holmes has not shown “clear and convincing evidence” that she is not a flight risk, in large part because she allegedly planned a flight to Mexico after being convicted.

The former Theranos CEO is slated to report to prison in the spring to serve 11 years for defrauding investors about the company's blood-testing technology.

"And under that system, the time has come for Elizabeth Holmes to answer for her crimes committed nearly a decade ago." Holmes would be able to make this trip to attend the wedding of close friends in Mexico," he wrote. "The hope was that the verdict would be different and Ms. "Only after the government raised this unauthorized flight with defense counsel was the trip canceled." Prosecutors said Holmes booked a one-way flight to Mexico scheduled to depart on Jan. "The government became aware on January 23, 2022, that Defendant Holmes booked an international flight to Mexico departing on January 26, 2022, without a scheduled return trip," the court filing states.