Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes begins 11-year prison sentence

Disgraced Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was booked into a Texas jail to begin an 11-year sentence after being found guilty of defrauding investors out of millions of dollars. NBC's Yasmin Khorram reports.

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[_pjd]

“This is what happens when you work to defraud people, create a fake voice, pretend you're Steve Jobs, at first they think you're crazy, then they fight you, and then all of a sudden you go to prison.”
— Elizabeth Holmes.

[blasphemertheseventh]

Yeah, those kids will need a lot of therapy when it's revealed they were conceived as an attempt to keep mom out of jail. Good luck with that mess.

[DetroitNinja]

When you mess with rich ppl's money, they will hunt you down and pay the price!

[TheWillfStrength]

Only 11 years? Jesus that's short

[paulg]

Anyone injured, or whose health was affected by her fake tests should get her money before those stupid investors.

[jessicawinslet]

in the meantime a teen serving 20 years for possession of mariguana in an overcrowded jail - your justice system is a joke

[geneziogenezio]

This woman is the total example of Greed, Ideological Falsehood and Opportunism. She even found a husband and made two children, thinking it might get her out of jail. It's All Too Dark...A person that has a common sense and with a good psychological mentality would not include in her mistake three more people!!!

[tonicrvnts]

Lesson learned: if you are going to steal, steal a lot! 😘
Being a mediocre criminal will land you in a prison with rapists, murderers and such. But if you steal hundreds of millions of dollars you get to spend time in a jail that looks like a resort 😁👌

[danb]

Just how big of a CRAZY Narcissist do you have to be to deliver 2 babies just to try to "fool" the court??

[OMGFrijoles]

Those prisons look real nice and comfortable. How can I get into one of those if I'm ever convicted of anything in the future?

[kyomendoza]

That is not a prison. That is a resort.

[undifinder]

I never knew theres different prison for celebrities 💀

[barbaralonero]

I can't believe that all these brilliant investors never questioned or one of the full complete demonstration of her claims they just kind of took her word for it

[RandolphBlake]

You know it’s going to be rough…You can tell the way she’s smiling

[robson]

Peeling potatoes for 40 cents an hour is going to be quite humiliating for her

[pharoah]

Once she gets settled in and get her a girlfriend, she'll be just fine.

[andrewp]

First they think your crazy, then you prove it yourself

[Rebelmusedesign]

She should be in prison for life. I don’t understand how someone who does something so heinous gets off so easily with only 11 years. And who knows if she will get out earlier? She is a psychopathic liar.

[tbolton]

Check and see if she's pregnant again! Don't underestimate Elizabeth Holmes. She'll be a seasonal narcissist who knows how to play the victim game. She'll quickly target a new prey to manipulate. Seeking favors to her advantages, including putting on the fake charm on a male supervisor. Narcissists know how to mirror and adapt.

[phototristan]

Why is she smiling as she is led in? Because she knows she's going to get preferential treatment there. Frankly, she should have to do hard time, for life.