U.S. woman begins 11-year jail for blood-testing hoax

HOUSTON, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Elizabeth Holmes, a former U.S. entrepreneur having founded blood-testing device startup Theranos, on Tuesday reported to a federal prison in Bryan, south central U.S. state of Texas, to begin her 11-year term for fraud, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

The report to the federal women's prison camp came more than a year after a jury convicted the 39-year-old woman on four felony counts of fraud and conspiracy in January 2022. She was sentenced in November to 135 months in jail.