Best analysis I've seen: "Balwani might have been perceived as someone “a little bit older and wiser” who should’ve known better."
https://qz.com/theranos-sunny-balwani-jail-time-elizabeth-ho...
https://qz.com/theranos-sunny-balwani-jail-time-elizabeth-ho...
They both should have gotten longer jail sentences, their convictions should have been about the people she harmed with her machines. Instead it was all about how she and Balwani mislead/ripped off their investors (who didn't even do their own work in due diligence).
Now Balwani is serving at a Club-Fed prison. The $452 million restitution she's been slapped with? Just for investors, it seems. Can anyone find an article that states actual people being victims? Nearly all news reports say the restitution is for "victims", but then the victims are just Safeway, Rupert Murdoch, Walgreens... etc.
There is no justice here. Not in the ruling, not in the sentencing, not even for real people. "Being wiser" or "older" is just a BS made-up reasoning. Let's at least not sugar coat why she got less of a ruling than Balwani. It's enough of an insult to those who were actually affected to have seen how this all played out.
Here's one: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/21/theranos-test-gave-false-mis...
My understanding is that there were a few at the trial
By "victims", I meant it in the context of the restitution. None of that half billion dollars that she owes goes to these people. All the articles I've read say she has to pay her victims in the title. But if you read the articles closely, they just say it's to pay back investors.