with its machines. however, the court heard that theranos was not using its edison machines, but was instead using openly available diagnostic equipment. the courts also heard that some patients had been misdiagnosed. ijust really resent that somebody would make such a massive fraud, especially when so many people told her this isn t working. elizabeth holmes has argued at trial that she had always attempted to create a genuine product that worked and she never intended to commit fraud. what happened behind those closed doors has led to a lot of introspection here in silicon valley. but there s still a culture of faking it till you make it here, and until that changes, people worry that what happened in theranos could happen again. james clayton, bbc news. kevin o brien is a former assistant us attorney for the department ofjustice who specialises in white collar crime. hejoins me live.
came to california and heaped praise upon the company. success seemed inevitable. this is my certificate for theranos showing my shares and it was actually signed by elizabeth holmes. so, it s kind of a bit of history? it really is. a sad bit of history, but history nevertheless. eileen lepera was a secretary in silicon valley. she heard about this amazing new company. my boss had indicated that it was going to be, in his words, the next apple and that i should get as many shares as i could, and so i did. it was six figures, which was a large amount for me. what eileen didn t know was that the dream elizabeth holmes was selling was a nightmare. the technology didn t work, but investors like eileen had no idea. elizabeth was in stealth mode, so that we had no idea whether it was going well or was on the brink of collapse. the retail giant walgreens had a contract with theranos
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success seemed inevitable. this is my certificate for theranos showing my shares and it was actually signed by elizabeth holmes. so it s kind of a bit of history? it really is. a sad bit of history, but history nevertheless. eileen lepera was a secretary in silicon valley. she heard about the amazing new company. my boss had indicated that it was going to be, in his words, the next apple and that i should get as many shares as i could. and so i did. it was six figures, which was a large amount for me. what eileen didn t know was that the dream elizabeth holmes was selling was a nightmare. the technology didn t work, but investors like eileen had no idea. elizabeth was in stealth mode, so that we had no idea whether it was going well or was on the brink of collapse. the retail giant walgreens had a contract with theranos to diagnose patients
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