Ex-Theranos executive Ramesh Balwani sentenced to nearly 13 years in jail for fraud

Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, former Theranos COO and ex-romantic partner of Elizabeth Holmes, has been sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison for defrauding investors and patients of Theranos. Theranos executives falsely claimed the product could diagnose illnesses with a few drops of blood from a finger prick. Earlier, Holmes was sentenced to over 11 years in prison for fraud.