
Podcast
The Dropout: Inside the Theranos Fraud That Changed Healthcare
How Elizabeth Holmes and Sunny Balwani deceived investors, doctors, and patients with a machine that didn't work
In October 2015, Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou exposed Theranos as a fraud, revealing that the company's Edison blood-testing machine could not perform the hundreds of tests it claimed. The scandal led to the conviction of founder Elizabeth Holmes in January 2022 and a sweeping investigation into one of Silicon Valley's most ambitious—and most dishonest—companies.
Economic crime
Fraud
Biotech
Podcast
High-profile case
Streaming
Manipulation
Leadership
Wrongful conviction
Scandal
Media
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magtmisbrug
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True Crime Podcast 2026
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hvid krave-kriminalitet
uløste sager
politisk kriminalitet
corporate fraud
digital bedrageri
finansiel svindel
forensisk efterforskning
mordsager
amerikanske drabssager
amerikanske kriminalsager
sundhedsbedrageri
medicinsk svindel