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The last two races of the Paris Games were a gold rush for the U.S., with both the women and men dominating the 4x400-meter relays Saturday. A three-time gold medalist after wins in the 200-meter and 4x100-meter relay, Thomas helped widen the gap in the third lap that McLaughlin-Levrone created in the second. In the last lap, it came down to a race between two gold medalists: Benjamin and Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo. With the victory, 16-year-old Quincy Wilson — who ran earlier in the week for the U.S. but not in the final — is now the youngest Olympic track-and-field gold medalist ever. He is also the youngest male U.S. Olympic gold medalist in any sport since 1952.

Persons: Sydney McLaughlin, Levrone, Gabby Thomas, Alexis Holmes —, McLaughlin, Thomas, Holmes, Rai Benjamin, Christopher Bailey, Bryce Deadmon, Vernon Norwood, Benjamin, Botswana’s, Tebogo, Quincy Wilson —, Wilson Organizations: Paris Games, Jamaica, Great Britain, American, U.S Locations: Shamier, Netherlands, Great, Tebogo

☆ How Sam Bankman-Fried’s Sentence Compares With Other White-Collar Cases
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( David Yaffe-Bellany | More About David Yaffe-Bellany | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Two years in prison for tax and securities violations. The country’s most notorious white-collar fraudsters — like Bernie Madoff and Elizabeth Holmes — have received a range of punishments for their crimes, from relatively short prison terms to effectively a life sentence. On Thursday, Sam Bankman-Fried, the onetime cryptocurrency mogul, joined their ranks, receiving a 25-year sentence for fraud, conspiracy and money laundering. In legal filings, prosecutors cited 13 examples of white-collar prosecutions that involved a loss of more than $100 million. In all but two of those cases, the defendant was sentenced to 40 years or more.

Persons: Bernie Madoff, Elizabeth Holmes —, Sam Bankman, Fried, FTX

☆ Elizabeth Holmes ‘giggles’ about the infamously deep voice she once used — and even her partner mocks it
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elizabeth Holmes recently opened up to The New York Times in her first interview since 2016. The profile noted that Holmes had ditched her famously low voice for an "unremarkable" one. Holmes' partner, entrepreneur Billy Evans, also agreed the voice was weird. I'm Elizabeth Holmes," Evans told the Times, imitating Holmes's old voice. A representative for Elizabeth Holmes did not immediately respond to Insider's request for a comment.

☆ Elizabeth Holmes said she still believes Theranos could have revolutionized healthcare and is working on new inventions: 'I still feel the same calling to it'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elizabeth Holmes told The New York Times she still believes Theranos could have worked. Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes said she still believes her fallen company could have changed the modern healthcare industry if it didn't attract so much attention so quickly. "I still dream about being able to contribute in that space," Holmes told the Times. She told the Times that she plans to continue working on healthcare innovations, including new ideas for COVID-19 testing, during her time in prison. Chozick spoke to Holmes, Evans, as well as Holmes' family and friends, who shared the writer's impression that Holmes appears to believe the things she says.

☆ I was jealous of people who were laid off from Big Tech and posting about it since I got laid off from a startup and felt invisible. Then I realized shame drove my resentment.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Hanna Matyiku-Nuñez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Hanna Matyiku-Nuñez was laid off from her job as a marketing manager at a small tech firm in 2021. She developed resentment toward her tech colleagues who got laid off from bigger companies. I was laid off from my marketing position at a small startup most people had never heard of. In my mind, this meant the enviable perks of working for a tech giant continued even after a layoff. I now realize the shame of being laid off kept me from being open, and later drove me to layoff resentment.

☆ Convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes welcomes second child and she's pushing to delay prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-26 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Holmes was sentenced to over 11 years in prison while pregnant with second child in November. In a court filing this week, her legal team said Holmes has "two young children," according to Mercury News. Holmes is seeking to extend her freedom past the day she's due to prison in April. Holmes gave birth to her first child in July 2021 while awaiting trial for her charges. The company's valuation shot up to $9 billion before Holmes and fellow Theranos executives were charged with fraud in 2018.

☆ Elizabeth Holmes booked a 1-way ticket to Mexico for a friend's wedding while out on bail, prosecutors say
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Charles R. Davis | Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes bought a one-way ticket to Mexico last year, per prosecutors. In response, Holmes' attorney, Lance Wade, said the trip was planned prior to Holmes' conviction on January 3, 2022. "The hope was that the verdict would be different and Ms. Holmes would be able to make this trip to attend the wedding of close friends in Mexico," he wrote. The Theranos founder has sought to stay out of custody as her appeal is pending. "There are not two systems of justice — one for the wealthy and one for the poor — there is one criminal justice system in this country," government lawyers wrote in the document.

☆ Elizabeth Holmes Is Sentenced to More Than 11 Years for Fraud
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Erin Griffith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the failed blood-testing start-up Theranos, was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison on Friday for defrauding investors about her company’s technology and business dealings. The sentence capped a yearslong saga that has captivated the public and ignited debates about Silicon Valley’s culture of hype and exaggeration. Judge Edward J. Davila of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California sentenced Ms. Holmes to 135 months in prison, which is slightly more than 11 years, followed by three years of supervised release. Ms. Holmes, 38, who plans to appeal, must surrender to custody on April 27, 2023. In the courtroom on Friday, Ms. Holmes — who appeared with a large group of friends and family, including her parents and her partner, Billy Evans — cried when she read a statement to the judge.

Persons: — Elizabeth Holmes, Holmes, Edward J, Davila, Holmes —, Billy Evans — Organizations: JOSE, Calif, U.S, Northern, Northern District of Locations: Northern District, Northern District of California

☆ 'Truth serum' drugs do exist. Here's how medicines like sodium pentothal and scopolamine manipulate the brain.
▼ + stars: | 2014-10-10 | by ( Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Numerous accounts and scientific reports suggest that you're more prone to tell the truth under the effects of truth serum drugs, but the drugs have other side effects. Furthermore, not only are truth serum drugs not all that useful, they are illegal under certain circumstances including interrogation. ScopolamineZchanguScopolamine was first promoted by Dr. Robert House as a truth serum in the early 20th century, and was the first drug to adopt the name "truth serum." A truth serum experimentThe best way to find out if truth serum works is to experience it for yourself, which is exactly what TV journalist Michael Mosley did. To investigate sodium thiopental, one of the more popular truth serum drugs, Mosley took two different doses of the drug.

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