Inside Theranos Scandal (The Investigators with Diana Swain)

Theranos was hailed as a revolutionary tech company. But then it collapsed amidst allegations of massive fraud. We spoke with the investigative reporter who broke the story about the challenges he faced. Watch The Investigators Saturdays at 9:30 pm ET and Sundays at 5:30 pm ET on CBC News Network.

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[MrDurcon]

The media pushed her so hard. Forbes, "The next Steve Job's", and the entire news media.. Honestly, I really hope's that she goes to jail, a real one.

[TheStuport]

Just INSANE this gal is not in jail she has broken many laws and many of those charges should be Federal charges as well.

[Mirandorl]

Creepy creepy creepy. Farted out of the same latex mold as Zuckerberg.

[seagrave]

If something is too good to be true, it usually is.

[mineown]

The secret to financial success, the black turtleneck, the gravitas voice and knowing when to bale.
Holmes managed 2 out of 3.

[lyndapierson]

cracks me up - she's wearing a lab coat and gloves

[DataWaveTaGo]

When a "winning" company finds the chief scientist has committed suicide, do you:
a) tell everyone that's a sign of leading-edge dedication.
b) state it is just a statistical anomaly that crops up and is beyond your control, but you do welcome the challenge.
c) just state "We are empowering the individual by bringing real change to the world for the betterment of mankind, science, health and Unicorns!"

[indviduation]

Business news media companies act more like cheerleaders to business news rather than report business news warts and all.

And why isn't Elizabeth Holmes not in jail?

[makingthestartup]

What has she been doing for 15 years in her office? Playing candy crush.

[valhala]

If Elizabeth Holmes was a man then this person would already be time in a Federal Pen. So far She has paid a small fine.

[cindylitman]

If her company was performing venipuncture in the outpatient realm that is an invasive procedure which requires informed consent

[omgitsme]

Lol how these investors with so much money didn't even check if the product was real? Wow

[ciputgal]

she's not really that much of a genius if she thought she could get away with this in a first place

[real_lynnblades]

Book's amazing...couldn't put it down. My take-away was this: with that level of intimidation (Tyler Schultz's legal fees were $400, 000) hold her lawyers responsible, too. What a bunch of pigs.

[gostavoadolfos]

This is not an epic story, this is an epic proof of America's stupidity 😂😂

[owebb]

Lots of famous people got sucked in and are still defending her

[cheechalker]

Theranos: “you’ve appropriated our trade secrets, you must return them immediately”
John Carreyou “what trade secrets did I appropriate?”
Theranos: “we can’t tell you that - if we reveal what trade secrets you appropriated, you would see our trade secrets”

[meio]

She was a president's scholar so she was really bright although given her habit of cheating I wonder how far it went back & how good a student she was..

[nosuchthing]

If you go back and examine her interviews she always deflected any questions when asked how her tech works

[alainconnelly]

Everybody has visions. My grandfather told my mother in 1940 that man would be on the money someday but he didn't swindle $750 million from innocent investors.