Ex-Theranos employee Edlin says Holmes told him to conceal part of lab
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Elizabeth Holmes (L), former CEO and founder of Theranos. She leaves courthouse together with husband Billy Evans, after her first day in San Jose’s fraud trial on September 8, 2021.
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]SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Daniel Edlin, a former Theranos project manager who was friends with Elizabeth Holmes’ brother, testified on Friday that Holmes told him to conceal parts of the company’s lab to potential investors and other important visitors.
Edlin worked for Theranos between September 2011 and December 2016 while attending Duke University. There, he made friends with Christian Holmes who was the younger brother to the founder of Theranos. Jurors heard his testimony. Elizabeth Holmes’ criminal trialTheranos will show visitors a room that houses its MiniLab blood-testing technology during the tours.
Holmes and Ramesh Balwani, Theranos’ former president, chose where to send the guests.
Edlin reported to Holmes that he “remembered that certain labs would have been hidden in advance of the tour.” “Often times [it was]Theranos devices were used in areas that weren’t visible to the public.
Holmes’ trial opened last month and the prosecution continues to summon witnesses. Theranos founder Holmes is facing 12 charges of wire fraud, conspiracy, and other offenses after her $9B blood-testing company collapsed in 2015. Holmes and Balwani pleaded not guilty.
Edlin stated to jurors that his main job was to help business partners. WalgreensThis is the end of it. He stated that he had left Theranos in order to go to business school. “At that point, I didn’t believe based upon what I saw that the company could stand behind its claims about its skills.”
About a year later, the Wall Street Journal published his resignation. a series of articlesThis exposed both the technology and business failures of the company.
He stated that he no longer desired to work in such an environment. Edlin also said that he did not learn that the MiniLab could be used for patients until 2016.
Edlin was one many of Holmes’ friends from Duke, who worked for Theranos. According to him, they interview together.
Edlin shared that although details were not discussed, the meeting sounded promising.
Edlin stated to jurors that Holmes worked in his office from “early morning” until “late in the evening”, and often on weekends. Edlin said that Holmes was present at the office daily for a time.
His testimony will continue on Tuesday.
Lance Wade was a defense lawyer for Holmes and told the judge that on Friday he was deeply troubled by the prosecution’s approach to questioning certain witnesses (including former lab directors) Sunil Dhawan Adam Rosendorff
Wade stated that some questions that the prosecutors asked former laboratory workers suggested that Theranos employees had falsified data or information.
Wade stated, “There have been questions with two witnesses now that to the ear make an impression that there is some underlying falsification of data integrity issue.” “There’s not evidence that this is the case,” he said.
Wade claimed that Wade’s line of questioning was “undoubtedly very harmful to our client.”
Jeff Schenk was an assistant U.S. Attorney prosecuting the case. He said that the questions Dhawan asked were meant to demonstrate to jurors that Dhawan was making presumptions about the laboratory.
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