Elizabeth Holmes exposed The 9 billion medical miracle that never existed

Elizabeth Holmes promised the world a medical revolution At 19 she claimed to have invented a miniaturised machine that with a single drop of blood could map a person s health quickly reliably and cheaply She boasted that her technology meant serious diseases like cancer would be prevented before they happened And it was not only a wow moment for patients High-profile investors rushed to pour a fortune into Holmes company Theranos and she became Silicon Valley s first self-made female billionaire But as Tara Brown reports her invention was an invention it simply didn t work Elizabeth Holmes is no visionary She s a cruel fraudster who has put people s lives at risk and because of that now faces 20 years in jail

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