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Anybody have a guess why Elizabeth Holmes got such a small punishment for running such a massive scam?

I believe the civil case is settled but the criminal probe is ongoing.

Why is this question downvoted? People disagree with my view that the punishment is small in relation to the size of the scam?

Can you point to the specific statutes that she violated? "Fraud" is very broad -- I am not clear that she did anything illegally, just unethically and deceptive. We aren't criminalizing how Reddit astroturfed their site. Is the only difference the scope? The investment monies? The potential?

I'm not interested in debating the moral aspects, as I suspect we violently agree. But it's crucial to be specific, against current legal code, when stating things like you did.

Serious question: is a test provider who knowingly provides test results which it knows to be inaccurate and therefore leads patients to wrong diagnoses and potentially treatment, are they criminally liable or only civilly for fraud/breach of contract?

We can compare her to Shkrerli, who if the media portrayals are accurate is obnoxious so I don’t want to be seen defending him, but it is a great contrast that the Armenian immigrant got 7 years and the pretty WASP got a slap on the wrist.

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