Theranos的创始人和罪犯伊丽莎白·霍姆斯已被批准安置在社区矫正中心,或中途之家,并计划明年被安置在那里,根据来自ABC新闻获悉,司法部的受害者通知系统。
根据通知,霍姆斯计划于2027年8月23日被安置在得克萨斯州德尔瓦莱的奥斯丁过渡中心。
周三,联邦监狱局在一份声明中表示,它“不讨论任何个人的监禁条件,包括释放计划。”
“此外,根据国际收支政策,在个人到达指定机构之前,不能公布具体的指定信息,”声明继续说。
BOP表示,将个人分配到设施中有几个因素,包括“所需的安全和监督水平,医疗或方案需求,个人安全所需的隔离或安全考虑,以及其他相关因素,如与个人释放住所的距离。”
霍尔姆斯最初于2022年被判处11年零3个月监禁,原因是她以公司验血技术的虚假声明欺骗投资者。
她的刑期已被减为10年零3个月,她现在计划于2030年2月22日获释。根据受害者通知系统,在她被释放后,霍姆斯将居住在德克萨斯州的奥斯汀,并由那里的美国缓刑办公室监管。
新的释放日期是对联邦量刑指南的追溯性修改的结果,并通过第一步法案赢得了时间。
“需要说明的是,这次减刑并没有减轻霍姆斯的罪行,也没有忽视她的行为对社区造成的重大负面影响,”美国地区法官爱德华·戴维拉在3月份批准减刑动议的命令中写道。“福尔摩斯诈骗造成的数亿美元损失不言自明。尽管无法量化,但硅谷创新产业因霍姆斯的欺骗而遭受的巨大声誉损害的回声至今仍在回荡。霍姆斯修改后的判决继续反映了对她严重罪行的公正惩罚,并提醒人们正义的天平将会平衡。”
霍姆斯在执掌Theranos期间被判犯有三项电信欺诈罪和一项共谋电信欺诈罪。她向监狱举报2023年5月。
去年,美国上诉法院支持对霍姆斯和她的副手拉梅什·“桑尼·”巴尔瓦尼的欺诈定罪和4.52亿美元的赔偿令。
两人争辩说,法院犯了几个法律错误,侵犯了他们在单独审判中的宪法权利。上诉法院的三名法官小组驳回了他们的要求,认为任何错误都是无害的,或者他们的论点没有显示任何违反。
福尔摩斯是电影制作人即将推出的一部纪录片的主题内森·菲尔德,“什么都能看到。”在一个这部电影的新预告片周三获释的霍姆斯坚称她“没有”做错任何事。
她在2023年参与了这部纪录片,之后向监狱。
Elizabeth Holmes scheduled to move to halfway house in August 2027
Theranos founder and convicted felonElizabeth Holmeshas been approved for placement in a community correction center, or halfway house, and is scheduled to be placed there next year, according to an update fromthe Department of Justice's Victim Notification System, ABC News has learned.
Holmes is scheduled to be placed in the Austin Transitional Center in Del Valle, Texas, on Aug. 23, 2027, according to the notification.
When reached for comment on Wednesday, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said in a statement that it "does not discuss the conditions of confinement for any individual, including release plans."
"Additionally, per BOP policy, specific designation information cannot be released until after an individual arrives at their designated institution," the statement continued.
BOP said several factors go into assigning individuals to facilities, including "the level of security and supervision required, medical or programmatic needs, separation or security considerations necessary for the individual’s safety, and other relevant factors, such as proximity to the individual’s release residence."
Holmes was originally sentenced in 2022 to 11 years and 3 months in prison for defrauding investors with false claims about her company's blood-testing technology.
Her sentence has since been reduced to 10 years and 3 months, and she is now scheduled to be released on Feb. 22, 2030. According to the Victim Notification System, upon her release, Holmes will reside in Austin, Texas, and be supervised by the United States Probation Office there.
The new release date was the result of a retroactive change to federal sentencing guidelines and earned time through the First Step Act.
"To be clear, this sentence reduction does not diminish the enormity of Holmes's crimes, nor does it ignore the significant negative impact her conduct has had on the community," U.S. District Judge Edward Davila wrote in a March order granting a motion to reduce her sentence. "The hundreds of millions of dollars in losses caused by Holmes's fraud speak for themselves. And though unquantifiable, the echoes of the immense reputational damage that the innovative industry in Silicon Valley suffered as a consequence of Holmes's deception still reverberate to this day. Holmes's revised sentence continues to reflect a just punishment for her serious offense and serves as a reminder that the scales of justice will balance."
Holmes was found guilty of three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud while at the helm of Theranos. Shereported to prisonin May 2023.
Last year, a U.S. appeals courtupheldthe fraud convictions and $452 million restitution order for Holmes and her second-in-command, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani.
The two had argued the court committed several legal errors and violated their constitutional rights during their separate trials. The three-judge panel for the appeals court rejected their claims, finding that any errors were harmless or that their arguments failed to show any violation.
Holmes is the subject of a forthcoming documentary by filmmakerNathan Fielder, "You Can See Everything." In anew trailer for the filmreleased Wednesday, Holmes maintained that she "did not" do anything wrong.
She participated in the documentary in 2023, before reporting toprison.





