“Disgraced Silicon Valley superstar Elizabeth Holmes has surrendered to federal prison in Texas to begin serving a 11-year term for defrauding investors with her once high-flying blood-testing company Theranos.
“Holmes, a 39-year-old mother of two, reported Tuesday to the prison camp in Bryan, Texas, an all-female facility about 100 miles outside of Houston, where some family members of Holmes reside.
“Lawyers for Holmes attempted to delay the start of her prison sentence by asking that she remain free while she appeals her conviction, but the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied her request, ruling that Holmes has not raised a “substantial question” of law or fact about her case.”
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