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Owayeyisikhulu esiphezulu seTheranos nowayengumongameli uRamesh “Sunny” Balwani ugwetshwe cishe iminyaka engu-13 ebhadla ejele ngoLwesithathu ngamacala okukhwabanisa, ngemuva kokudalulwa kweqembu elihlola igazi livule amacala obugebengu enkantolo yaseCalifornia abhekene nomsunguli weBalwani kanye nomsunguli weTheranos u-Elizabeth Holmes. ngoNovemba 18 kwaba ugwetshwe iminyaka engaphezu kuka-11 ejele.
Ngesikhathi sokulalelwa kwesigwebo, abameli bakaBalwani bazame ukusola uHolmes, betshela iJaji leNkantolo yesiFunda yase-US u-Edward J. Davila ukuthi “izinqumo zenziwe ngu-Elizabeth Holmes.”
U-Davila ubeke uchungechunge lwesigwebo seminyaka engu-11 kanye nezinyanga ezi-3 kuye kwengu-14, kodwa abashushisi namuhla bafuna isigwebo seminyaka engu-15 ngenxa yendima yakhe “ebalulekile” yokwengamela ibhizinisi laselabhu yaseTheranos.
Isigwebo sokugcina esiyisiqondiso sasiyizinyanga ezingu-155, kanye neminyaka emithathu yokuvivinywa. U-Davila ubeke idethi yokuzinikela ngomhla ka-Mashi 15, 2023.
U-Sunny Balwani, owayengumongameli we-Theranos Inc., ufika enkantolo yombuso e-San Jose, California, ngoLwesithathu, Disemba 7, 2022.
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U-Balwani no-Holmes, ababengabalingani bezothando, basiza u-Theranos njengoba inkampani ijabulela ukukhuphuka kwesimo sezulu, iheha abalandeli abasuka emndenini wakwaDeVos kuya kumphathi wezindaba u-Rupert Murdoch. Kwakungenye yezincwadi zika-Murdoch, i-Wall Street Journal, eyabika okokuqala ngokungahambi kahle kwemishini kaTheranos okuthiwa inenguquko yokuhlola igazi.
Njenge-COO, u-Balwani wayephethe kokubili ibhizinisi laselabhorethri kanye nezici zezezimali zenkampani. UTheranos wonakaliswa ukwehluleka okuphindaphindiwe ngesikhathi sokuphatha, okuhlanganisa imibhalo engamanga nemiphumela yokuhlolwa eyiphutha.
“Yimi obhekene nakho konke eTheranos,” kusho uBalwani umyalezo ku Holmes. U-Balwani wathatha umthwalo obanzi wokusebenza kwansuku zonke enkampanini.
UTheranos uthe imishini idinga nje amaconsi ambalwa egazi ukuze isebenze futhi ingenza izivivinyo ezingaphezu kuka-1,000 XNUMX. Eqinisweni, Ijenali ibike ukuthi inkampani ingacubungula izivivinyo ezingaphezu kweshumi nambili. Ukubika kweJournal kugcine kudale ukuthi le nkampani ihlakazwe ngo-2018 futhi, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kwaboshwa uBalwani noHolmes ngamacala okukhwabanisa.
Ukugwetshwa kuka-Balwani enkantolo yombuso kuphawula ukuphela kwesaga se-Theranos, esajabulisa umphakathi futhi sakhuthaza amafilimu aqoshiwe kanye nokwelashwa kwamanoveli.
Ngohlu lwabatshalizimali olugcwele izinkanyezi, umsunguli ohehayo owaqhathanisa ne-Apple’s Steve Jobs, kanye nobuchwepheshe obungase bushintshe, inkampani isikhathi eside yamelela ubuhlakani beSilicon Valley.
Izambulo ezimayelana no-Theranos zilethe ukuwa okumangalisayo emseni kubo bobabili u-Balwani no-Holmes, ababesebudlelwaneni isikhathi esiningi sabo enkampanini. UHolmes usole uBalwani ngokuhlukumeza ezinkantolo, ukuthumela imiyalezo kanye namanothi avela ngesikhathi ebudlelwaneni babo njengobufakazi.
“Bulala u-Elizabeth omdala,” kusho uBalwani emtshela.
U-Balwani uqhube “umkhankaso weminyaka eyishumi wokuhlukumeza ngokomqondo,” kusho abameli bakaHolmes. U-Balwani uneminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-20 kuHolmes, owafakaza ukuthi uyena ophethe elebhu kanye nohlangothi lwezezimali lwebhizinisi.
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