Founder who blamed $300mn fraud on head injury sentenced to prison
📍 The outcome
The fashion‑tech founder was sentenced to five years in prison for a $300 million fraud scheme, with the court noting her claim that a head injury had caused the misconduct. Media coverage compared her case to that of Elizabeth Holmes as the sentencing was finalized.
Epilogue added 21d ago, after coverage quieted.
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‘The government’s chart is misleading by a factor of more than 23 million percent’ Financial Times · 79d ago broke it first
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Founder who blamed $300mn fraud on head injury sentenced to prison Financial Times · 79d ago broke it first
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