Donald Trump is now officially in the hot seat! The former President and his family business, the Trump Organization , are the focus of an ongoing investigation by Letitia James , the Attorney General for the state of New York. And late on Tuesday, James’ office filed court documents claiming they have found “ significant […]
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American Fugitive Who Faked His Own Death Caught After Landing In Scotland Hospital With COVID-19
[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] An American criminal, who faked his death and escaped the country to avoid sexual assault charges, was found in Scotland last month after he wound up in the hospital with COVID-19. According to authorities who spoke with The Providence Journal on Wednesday, Nicholas Alahverdian (above) was found alive, though struggling with […]
Holmes to face maximum of 80 years in prison when she’s sentenced in September
Enlarge / Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes leaves the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building in San Jose, California, on December 17, 2021. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Elizabeth Holmes’ trial was delayed for months, and now her sentencing will be similarly held up. The judge in her trial scheduled the hearing for late September. […]
Holmes’ testimony backfired—jurors rated her the least credible witness
Enlarge / Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, center, and her family leave the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building and US Courthouse after the jury found her guilty on four counts in San Jose, Calif., on Monday, January 3, 2022. (credit: Dai Sugano/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News) When jurors deliberated the case of Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of […]
Elizabeth Holmes found guilty on 4 of 11 charges
Enlarge / Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes and her partner, Billy Evans, right, leave the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building on November 23, 2021, in San Jose, Calif. (credit: Ethan Swope/Getty Images) Elizabeth Holmes was convicted today of two counts of criminal wire fraud and one count of criminal conspiracy to commit wire […]
Jury in Elizabeth Holmes trial deadlocked on 3 of 11 counts
Enlarge / Former Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes goes through security after arriving for court at the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building on September 17, 2021, in San Jose, California. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images ) Jurors in the Elizabeth Holmes criminal trial have been unable to reach a verdict in three of the 11 […]
Holmes’ fate hangs in the balance as jury deliberates criminal fraud charges
Enlarge / Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes leaves the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building in San Jose, California, on December 17, 2021. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Who is to blame for the implosion of Theranos, the ill-fated blood-testing startup that folded in 2018, and did it amount to scams? That’s the question before […]
Judge Denies Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City Star Jen Shah’s Request To Dismiss Fraud Charges
Jen Shah ‘ s lawyers were hoping for a full dismissal with this move, but the judge in the case wasn’ t feeling particularly generous about the legality of it… On Friday, the embattled Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star found out that federal judge Sidney H. Stein was not going to dismiss the […]
Elizabeth Holmes takes final swipe at ex-boyfriend as defense rests
Enlarge / Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes and her partner, Billy Evans, right, leave the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building on November 23, 2021, in San Jose, Calif. (credit: Ethan Swope/Getty Images) Theranos founder Elizabeth Sherlock holmes took one last shot in ex-boyfriend Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani yesterday, attempting to reinforce her defense’s strategy […]
Despite mountain of evidence, Elizabeth Holmes claims to remember things differently
Enlarge / Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. Confronted with tough questions on the witness stand last week, as she defends herself against criminal fraud charges, Holmes admitted to errors on several occasions. (credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) In Elizabeth Holmes’ sixth day […]