Convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes allegedly made an “try to flee the nation” after she was convicted in 2021, RadarOnline.com has discovered.
Prosecutors made the allegations in a courtroom submitting on Friday, accusing the Theranos founder of shopping for a one-way ticket to Mexico after she was discovered responsible of defrauding traders.
Holmes, 38, was sentenced to 11 years in jail in November 2021. The brand new submitting, nonetheless, alleged that she had no intention of transferring into her new digs behind bars.
In accordance with CNN, Holmes allegedly bought a one-way ticket that was scheduled to depart South for Mexico in January 2022.
Prosecutors argued the disgraced start-up founder is a flight danger and will start her sentence as an alternative of remaining on an property — which allegedly prices $13,000 monthly to take care of — whereas ready for her enchantment.
The courtroom paperwork claimed that the journey didn’t stem from a previous engagement and that the tech founder solely canceled her plans after the federal government intervened.
“The federal government turned conscious on January 23, 2022, that Defendant Holmes booked a global flight to Mexico departing on January 26, 2022, with no scheduled return journey,” the paperwork said. “Solely after the federal government raised this unauthorized flight with protection counsel was the journey canceled.”
Anticipating that Holmes would deny their declare, prosecutors detailed their considerations with the alleged one-way journey plan.
Within the paperwork, prosecutors revealed they anticipated Holmes to “reply that she didn’t in reality go away the nation as scheduled.”
Prosecutors continued within the submitting that “it’s tough to know with certainty” what Holmes would have executed in Mexico “had the federal government not intervened.”
“The motivation to flee has by no means been greater,” the docs continued. Prosecutors added that the Stanford dropout “has the means to behave on that incentive.”
The submitting additionally included an e mail from one in every of Holmes’ attorneys to the prosecution, which claimed that the journey plans had been organized earlier than the decision.