SAN JOSE, California. Prosecutors and defense attorneys must make opening statements Wednesday in the long-awaited criminal trial of Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes, who faces federal charges for defrauding patients and investors with claims of revolutionary testing technology. blood.
Initial statements in court will be the first opportunity for former chief executive attorneys and prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of California to influence the jury in a trial that is expected to last more than three months. . Holmes rose to fame as a dropout from Stanford University who founded what appeared to be a cutting-edge healthcare company, valued at more than $ 9 billion before being implicated for questions about its technology.