Elizabeth Holmes Theranos

The former Theranos CEO had bought a one-way ticket out of the US, according to federal prosecutors.

Holmes is scheduled to return to court on March 17 for a hearing on her request to stay out of prison while she appeals her conviction. Holmes had a one-way plane ticket to Mexico booked for January 26, 2022, three weeks after being convicted by a jury on four counts of fraud and conspiracy, federal prosecutors said in a motion filed on Thursday in a federal court in Northern California. - Attorney's for Holmes say she had booked the ticket before the verdict to attend a wedding in Mexico

The 38-year-old bought a one-way ticket to Mexico last January, prosecutors claim.

But an exposé in the Wall Street Journal that year began her rapid downfall. Holmes was ordered to surrender for custody in April 2022. District Judge Edward Davila, includes an additional three years of supervision following her release and a fine of $400 — $100 for each count.

It was revealed by prosecutors on Thursday that Theranos founder, Elizabeth Holmes, now disgraced for fraud and due for a prison sentence this year, ...

Holmes's company falsely claimed it could detect diseases with a few drops of blood, knowingly misleading investors, doctors, and patients about her startup's blood testing capabilities, in order to take their money. The flight was set to depart a few weeks after she was charged guilty, but the moment came when her defense team was confronted by prosecutors. [11-plus-year prison sentence](https://english.almayadeen.net/news/health/theranos-founder-elizabeth-holmes-jailed-for-11-years-for-fr) begins in April of this year, and she is prohibited from leaving Northern California.

Holmes had a one-way plane ticket to Mexico booked for January 26, 2022, three weeks after being convicted by a jury on four counts of fraud and conspiracy, ...

Before an investigation by the Wall Street Journal in late 2015 questioning the tech behind Theranos’ blood-testing method, Holmes received a number of awards and accolades for her work with the firm. Prosecutors did not protest against Judge Davila’s decision to give Holmes five months of freedom or bring up the fact that they considered her a flight risk. “Given the verdict, she does not plan to take the trip and therefore did not provide notice, seek permission, or request access to her passport (which the government has) for the trip,” wrote Lance Wade, one of Holmes’ layers.

Convicted Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes bought a one-way plane ticket to Mexico last year and remains a flight risk, prosecutors say in newly filed ...

Later that year she was criminally charged with nine counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The company's value eventually rose to $6 billion. [ was sentenced](https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/11/18/Elizabeth-Holmes-Theranos-fraud/4421668792176/) to 11 years in prison in November.

New court filing says ex-Theranos founder booked flight departing 26 January last year, shortly after fraud conviction.

Holmes was convicted on four counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. the incentive to flee has never been higher and defendant has the means to act on that incentive.” They also revealed that Holmes’ partner William Evans departed on the scheduled date with a one-way ticket. The government became aware on 23 January 2022, that Defendant Holmes booked an international flight to In an email sent from Holmes’ legal team to the government, which ABC News Evans did not return until about six weeks later “from a different continent”.