Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to 11 years in prison for Theranos Fraud

"I am devastated by my failings," Holmes said. "Looking back there are so many things I'd do differently if I had the chance. I tried to realize my dream too quickly."

Elizabeth Holmes was ordered to spend more than 11 years in prison for fraudulently building her blood-testing startup Theranos Inc. into a $9 billion company that collapsed in scandal.
 

The sentence imposed Friday by US District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose, California, is far closer to the 15-year term prosecutors asked for than what Holmes’s lawyers sought -- home detention or 18 months in prison at most.

The sentencing caps a years-long saga that has riveted Silicon Valley, inspiring books, TV documentaries, podcasts and films about the Stanford University dropout who became a celebrity entrepreneur, only to see her