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that, thank you, adam. a jury in california has found elizabeth holmes, who set up the health technology company theranos , guilty on four counts of conspiring to defraud investors. ms holmes 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. she became a billionaire before it emerged that her devices weren t working, and her company collapsed. it s hasn t exactly been a wintry feel to christmas here but in the united states, hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses have lost power, and flights have been cancelled, as snow storms hit large parts of the country. a foot of snow fell in northern virginia, with almost as much recorded in washington, central tennessee and northern alabama. mark lobel reports. one of america s most famous memorials, nestled in the seat of us power. now a winter wonderland.
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. holmes had claimed she d developed a machine that could diagnose 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 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 into the former president s business practices. the requests for ivanka trump and donald trumpjunior to testify were issued by the office of the state attorney general.
elizabeth holmes, the founder of blood testing start up company theranos, guilty of conspiring to defraud investors. prosecutors said holmes swindled private investors by convincing them that theranos small machines could run a range of tests with a few drops of blood from a finger prick. we ll take a closer look at the details of the verdict in a moment, but first our north america tech reporter james 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. rupert murdoch invested, bill clinton was a fan. behind me are the
could detect certain diseases with just a few drops of blood from a finger prick. in a moment we ll have a closer look at the details of the verdict, but first our north america tech reporter james clayton on how theranos was founded. we d 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 on the company. success seemed inevitable. this is my certificate for theranos, showing my shares