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Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of now-defunct blood testing startup Theranos, has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to release her from prison with nearly six years left before she is eligible for release. Holmes sought to commute her 11-1/4-year sentence last year and her request remains pending, according to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Pardon […]
A 73-year-old man from Chapin, South Carolina, has been sentenced to five years of probation after it was uncovered that he intended to “engage in illegal” gambling businesses. James O. Helms helped run a “large-scale gambling organization” in Lexington, Kentucky. Helms pled guilty to conspiracy to engage in the illegal business, which reportedly drew in […]
A former finance executive convicted of helping Charlie Javice defraud JPMorgan Chase into buying the college financial aid startup Frank for $175 million was sentenced on Wednesday to 68 months in prison. Olivier Amar, who was Frank’s chief growth officer, was sentenced by US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in Manhattan. Hellerstein also sentenced Javice to 85 months in […]
September 24, 2025, 12:47pm Image from The Guardian/Reuters The British-Egyptian writer and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah was reunited with his family on Monday after spending most of the last decade in prison. Abd El-Fattah is one of Egypt’s most prominent writers and dissidents, and a widely known political prisoner. It’s a victory for free speech […]
A protégé of former junk bond king Michael Milken was sentenced on Monday to 3-1/2 years in prison for insider trading at a healthcare company he once led, over his use of a trading plan designed to protect executives against that crime. Terren Peizer, 65, the founder and former chief executive of Ontrak, was sentenced […]
A former senior partner at McKinsey & Company was sentenced on Friday to six months in federal prison for destroying records of the firm’s work to “turbocharge” Purdue Pharma’s OxyContin sales during the opioid crisis. Martin Elling, 60, pleaded guilty in January to obstruction of justice related to criminal investigations into McKinsey’s consulting work with […]
After fleeing criminal charges in Tokyo two years ago, the former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn waged a public campaign attacking the Japanese justice system, arguing that conditions in the country’s prisons were designed to “lead you to despair.” Now, Michael Taylor, the American who engineered Mr. Ghosn’s dramatic escape, is experiencing those harsh conditions for […]
