Elizabeth Holmes, pregnant with her second child, was sentenced to 11.25 years in prison for fraud. Holmes was convicted in January of four counts of fraud for deceiving investors while running a scheme at Theranos, a now-defunct startup that claimed to have revolutionized blood testing.
Holmes had asked for no more than 18 months in prison, as she has a young son and has a child on the way. Prosecutors were shooting for a 15-year sentence.
U.S. District Judge Edward Davila, who oversaw the monthslong trial of Ms. Holmes, had nearly a year to contemplate his final decision.
Deciding factors most likely included the absence of any criminal history, the fact that Holmes is a mother to a young son with a second child on the way and that she never sold Theranos stock and ended up broke after the startup dissolved.
Experts anticipate her surrender will be delayed pending appeal.
