this is bbc news. the headlines: elizabeth holmes, who became a silicon valley billionaire after setting up the blood testing start up theranos, has been found guilty of conspiring to defraud investors. the 37 year old had claimed she d developed a machine that could diagnose a range of medical conditions with only a few drops of blood from a finger prick. a legal document signed between virginia giuffre and jeffrey epstein 12 years ago has been made public. lawyers for prince andrew say it releases the prince from liability in the civil case brought by virginia giuffre, who accuses him of sexually assaulting her when she was 17. prince andrew has consistently denied the claims. two of donald trump s children are the latest to be subpoenaed by new york prosecutors as part of their fraud inquiry the requests for ivanka trump and donald trumer to testify were issued by the office of the state attorney general.
elizabeth holmes, who became 3 silicon valley billionaire after setting up the blood testing start up theranos, has been found guilty of conspiring to defraud investors. the 37 year old had claimed she d developed a machine that could diagnose a range of medical conditions with only a few drops of blood from a finger prick. a legal document signed between virginia giuffre and jeffrey epstein 12 years ago has been made public. lawyers for prince andrew say it releases the prince from liability in the civil case brought by virginia giuffre, who accuses him of sexually assaulting her when she was 17. prince andrew has consistently denied the claims. two of donald trump s children are the latest to be subpoenaed by new york prosecutors as part of their fraud inquiry the requests for ivanka trump and donald trumer to testify were issued by the office of the state attorney general.
a range of tests with a few drops of blood from a finger prick to detect certain diseases. in a moment, we ll have a closer look at the details of the verdict. but first, our north america tech reporter on how theranos was founded. we like to see a world in which every person gets access to this type of basic testing. elizabeth holmes had a vision that turned her into a billionaire that she could create a machine that she called the edison that could detect hundreds of diseases with just a few drops of blood. the pitch convinced some very important people. media tycoon rupert murdoch invested, bill clinton was a fan. behind me are theranos s former head offices. very plush, very expensive and in the heart of silicon valley. and the great and the good came to visit theranos. evenjoe biden came to california and heaped praise upon the company.
said she had swindled private investors between 2010 and 2015. the 37 year old did that, they said, by convincing those investors that small machines developed by theranos could run a range of tests with a few drops of blood from a finger prick to detect certain diseases. in a moment, we ll have a closer look at the details of the verdict. but first, our north america tech reporterjames clayton on how theranos was founded. we like to see a world in which every person gets access to this type of basic testing. elizabeth holmes had a vision that turned her into a billionaire that she could create a machine that she called the edison that could detect hundreds of diseases with just a few drops of blood. the pitch convinced some very important people. media tycoon rupert murdoch invested, bill clinton was a fan. behind me are theranos s former head offices. very plush, very expensive and in the heart of silicon valley. and the great and the good came to visit theranos. evenjoe biden
it is. can you explain for those that have not been following it, can you try to explain what happened with theranos. she arose in 2003, it s been more than a decade. it was really, captured the imagination because elizabeth holmes was very intriguing. it was an image that captivated people and what she said was captivating. she said, hey, i can eliminate the large vial of bloods and take a finger prick and test for a couple hundred health conditions with it and people wanted the technology to work. it was a start-up that had a lot of hype and had hundreds of millions dollars and what with came out in the trial and the reporting is the technology never worked like she said it did. it was limited to what it could do and instead, she was using conventional blood testing machines that any other lab