Theranos Elizabeth Holmes

The former Theranos CEO had bought a one-way ticket out of the US, according to federal prosecutors.

Holmes is scheduled to return to court on March 17 for a hearing on her request to stay out of prison while she appeals her conviction. Holmes had a one-way plane ticket to Mexico booked for January 26, 2022, three weeks after being convicted by a jury on four counts of fraud and conspiracy, federal prosecutors said in a motion filed on Thursday in a federal court in Northern California. - Attorney's for Holmes say she had booked the ticket before the verdict to attend a wedding in Mexico

The 38-year-old bought a one-way ticket to Mexico last January, prosecutors claim.

But an exposé in the Wall Street Journal that year began her rapid downfall. Holmes was ordered to surrender for custody in April 2022. District Judge Edward Davila, includes an additional three years of supervision following her release and a fine of $400 — $100 for each count.

It was revealed by prosecutors on Thursday that Theranos founder, Elizabeth Holmes, now disgraced for fraud and due for a prison sentence this year, ...

Holmes's company falsely claimed it could detect diseases with a few drops of blood, knowingly misleading investors, doctors, and patients about her startup's blood testing capabilities, in order to take their money. The flight was set to depart a few weeks after she was charged guilty, but the moment came when her defense team was confronted by prosecutors. [11-plus-year prison sentence](https://english.almayadeen.net/news/health/theranos-founder-elizabeth-holmes-jailed-for-11-years-for-fr) begins in April of this year, and she is prohibited from leaving Northern California.

It was only after government prosecutors contacted Holmes' legal team about the "unauthorised flight" that the trip was cancelled.

And under that system, the time has come for Elizabeth Holmes to answer for her crimes committed nearly a decade ago." "They're concerned that she's spending time in a mansion and not in custody. The prosecution sought in their filing to use Holmes' life and lifestyle against her. or in another jurisdiction that may not honour our extradition. Clark said he'd never heard of a convicted person making trip plans while facing a substantial prison sentence. when it permitted her to remain in the community both before and after conviction," the motion said. "Ms Holmes surrendered her passport and is unable to travel internationally. In her motion, Holmes claimed she was not a flight risk. "Holmes booked an international flight to Mexico departing on January 26, 2022, without a scheduled return trip," the document from prosecutors, filed Thursday (local time), said. But she also had not yet cancelled the trip, amidst everything that has been going on. Prosecutors in their filing countered that Holmes claims do "not account for her attempt to flee the country shortly after she was convicted", arguing that "the incentive to flee has never been higher and (she) has the means to act on that incentive". "The Court has already found that Ms Holmes is not a flight risk ...