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Reported by ABC Information chief enterprise, know-how and economics correspondent Rebecca Jarvis, “The Dropout” delves into the rise and fall of Holmes, a Stanford dropout who as soon as was America’s youngest self-made feminine billionaire. However not lengthy after Theranos garnered an almost $10 billion valuation, it got here crashing down amid accusations of large fraud.
Jarvis chronicles the twists and turns of Holmes’ story, that includes interviews with and deposition tapes from central figures of the story.
Holmes was indicted in June 2018 on 11 felony fraud counts, with federal prosecutors accusing her of deceptive medical doctors, sufferers, authorities companies, enterprise companions and the corporate’s personal board with claims that Theranos’ purportedly revolutionary blood-testing programs might conduct a full vary of assessments utilizing just some drops of blood.
U.S. District Court docket Decide Edward Davila final month ordered the fraud instances of Holmes and former Theranos president Sunny Balwani to be separated, with Holmes’ trial to start out as scheduled Aug. 4.
The “20/20” model of “The Dropout” first aired in March 2019, after a particular preview on “Nightline” and the debut of a extremely standard podcast of the identical identify.
“The Dropout” podcast stays obtainable on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Spotify, Stitcher and the ABC Information app.
