[danieltillett]

Yep. I think this unicorn has a broken leg.

[AJ007]

Where is the line between grossly exaggerating ones product and criminal fraud drawn?

Personally I view things where you give someone a false health diagnosis to be among the most egregious deceptions possible, a step beyond running a Ponzi scheme and in line with other things where users are severely hurt or killed.

[danieltillett]

I will be very surprised if Elizabeth hasn’t crossed the line over to fraud at some point. She is pulling down some very well connected people - she had better like orange.

[w1ntermute]

No doubt Henry Kissinger will pull some strings and get a closet full of orange turtlenecks delivered to her in the big house.

[nemo44x]

I'm not even sure it's her fault or the fools who gave a 20 year old billions of dollars to startup a healthcare company. What could go wrong?

[adventured]

It should be pointed out that she never got billions of dollars to start Theranos.

She was 21 or so when Theranos got a $5.8m A round. She's now 31.

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/theranos

[auvi]

If Theranos is still valued at $9 billion, then it is almost a decacorn. We have to see what happens to its nine unicorn (or cat, pun intended) lives.