Elizabeth Holmes tried ‘to flee' to Mexico after conviction, prosecutors say

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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes made an “attempt to flee the country” last year with a one-way ticket to Mexico after she was convicted of defrauding investors who backed her bogus blood-testing company, prosecutors said in a court filing.

Holmes, 38, was found guilty of fraud last January, and later that month, prosecutors sounded the alarm after learning she bought a Jan. 26 plane ticket to Mexico without a scheduled return trip, according to the filing.

“Only after the government raised this unauthorized flight with defense counsel was the trip canceled,” the filing says, according to CNN.

In the new filing, prosecutors argue that Holmes, who’s been living in luxury at a $13,000 per month estate as she appeals her conviction, should finally begin serving her 135-month sentence.

“The incentive to flee has never been higher,” prosecutors said, and Holmes “has the means to act on that incentive.”

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