BRYAN, Texas—Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes entered Texas prison where she could spend the next 11 years for overseeing a blood-testing hoax that became a parable about greed and hubris in Silicon Valley. Holmes, 39, on Tuesday entered a federal women’s prison camp located in Bryan, Texas—where the federal judge who sentenced Holmes in November recommended…
Elizabeth Holmes Enters Texas Prison to Begin 11-year Sentence for Notorious Blood-Testing Hoax
May 30, 2023
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The Day Has Arrived for Elizabeth Holmes to Report to a Texas Prison
May 30, 2023
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Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is scheduled to move to her new home—a federal prison where she has been sentenced to spend the next 11 years for overseeing a blood-testing hoax that became a parable about greed and hubris in Silicon Valley. The federal judge who sentenced Holmes, 39, in November recommended that she be…
Texas Man Arrested for Alleged Northeastern University Bomb Hoax
A Texas man who told police last month that he was injured in a suspected bomb threat at Northeastern University was arrested and charged Tuesday with allegedly staging a hoax explosion and providing false and misleading information about it to authorities, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). The alleged hoax occurred when Jason Duhaime, 45,…
Northeastern Employee Charged in Campus Bomb Hoax
BOSTON—A Northeastern University employee who said he was injured when a package he was opening on the Boston campus exploded last month was charged Tuesday with fabricating the incident. Jason Duhaime, who is the new technology manager and director of the university’s Immersive Media Lab, was charged with “conveying false and misleading information related to…
Former Northeastern University Employee Charged in Campus Bomb Hoax
BOSTON—A former Northeastern University employee who said he was injured when a package he was opening on the Boston campus exploded last month was charged Tuesday with fabricating the incident. Jason Duhaime, formerly the new technology manager and director of the university’s Immersive Media Lab, was charged with “conveying false and misleading information related to…
California Woman Sentenced to 18 Months for Faking Her Own Kidnapping
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—A Northern California mother of two was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison for faking her own kidnapping so she could go back to a former boyfriend, which led to a three-week, multi-state search before she resurfaced on Thanksgiving Day in 2016. Sherri Papini, 40, pleaded guilty last spring to staging the abduction…
Family of Woman Who Plunged to Her Death Off Drawbridge Sues Demanding Changes in Safety Procedures
March 29, 2022
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By Eileen Kelley From South Florida Sun-Sentinel FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—Drawbridge tender Artiussa Paulk tried to “hijack the truth,” creating a false narrative when she told police blame falls squarely on Carol Wright, the woman who in February plunged to her death after Paulk opened the drawbridge she was crossing, Wright’s family attorney said. But police…
California Woman Arrested on Suspicion of Faking 2016 Kidnapping That Caught National Attention
March 6, 2022
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By Christian Martinez From Los Angeles Times Sherri Papini, whose alleged kidnapping and reappearance three weeks later made national headlines in 2016, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of lying to the FBI, federal prosecutors said. Federal law enforcement officials allege that the entire incident was a hoax, according to a release from the U.S. attorney’s…
Jussie Smollett Takes the Stand in His Own Criminal Trial
Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who is accused of lying about an alleged hate crime, took the stand in his own trial on Monday. Smollett, 39, was charged with six counts of disorderly conduct on suspicion of making false reports to police over an alleged race-based attack that occurred in the winter of 2019 in…
Black Michigan Student Admits to Spraying Racist Graffiti in ‘Hoax’ That Led to Protests: Police
A college student has admitted to spraying racist graffiti messages as an apparent hoax at a Michigan college.
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