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>Theranos and Holmes have agreed to settle the fraud charges levied against them. Holmes agreed to pay a $500,000 penalty, be barred from serving as an officer
by hkmurakami 9y ago
>Theranos and Holmes have agreed to settle the fraud charges levied against them. Holmes agreed to pay a $500,000 penalty, be barred from serving as an officer or director of a public company for 10 years, return the remaining 18.9 million shares that she obtained during the fraud, and relinquish her voting control of Theranos by converting her super-majority Theranos Class B Common shares to Class A Common shares. Due to the company’s liquidation preference, if Theranos is acquired or is otherwise liquidated, Holmes would not profit from her ownership until – assuming redemption of certain warrants – over $750 million is returned to defrauded investors and other preferred shareholders.
3 years ago, I never would have thought that such an outcome would actually happen.
- ithinkinstereo 9y agoPretty good outcome, especially if she avoids criminal charges. Presumably she's still pretty wealthy, enough not to have to work again or to lie-low for the next decade before staging a comeback.
- i_am_nomad 9y agoIf I recall, she hasn’t gained any liquid wealth from Theranos - her net worth was recently reported to be zero. https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2016/06/01/from-4-5-billion-to-nothing-forbes-revises-estimated-net-worth-of-theranos-founder-elizabeth-holmes/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2016/06/01/from-4...
- draw_down 9y agoPeople like her have a way of failing upward, she will be fine.