Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes asks court to remain free until appeal ruling
Pregnant Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes has asked a court to allow her to remain free until there is a decision in her appeal against her conviction and 11-year prison sentence. Holmes, 38, was sentenced in November after being convicted at trial of defrauding investors. She is appealing the conviction and sentence in the U.S. Court of Appeals, seeking a new trial and citing 10 reasons why her request should be granted, Mercury News reported. In her bid to remain free, Holmes’ legal team said in a court filing – filed last week in the US District Court in San Jose – that she was found guilty only on charges of defrauding investors, not on the charges of defrauding patients. Holmes, who is a mother of one, is pregnant with her second child and is due to give birth before she is set start serving her prison sentence on April 27. Elizabeth Holmes has asked a court to allow her to remain free until a ruling is reached in her ap...
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