The sentence is slightly longer than that given to the CEO, who was his lover and accomplice in one of Silicon Valley's biggest scandals.
A judge on Wednesday sentenced former Theranos executive Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani to nearly 13 years in prison for his role in the company's blood-testing hoax - a sentence slightly longer than that given to the CEO, who was his lover and accomplice in one of Silicon Valley's biggest scandals.
Holmes, 38, could have gotten up to 20 years in prison - a penalty that U.S. District Judge Edward Davila could have imposed on Balwani, who spent six years as Theranos' chief operating officer while remaining romantically involved with Holmes until a bitter split in 2016. Duncan Levin, a former federal prosecutor who is now a defense attorney, described Balwani's bid for a light sentence as "utterly unrealistic." Levin suspects the judge may give greater weight to the Justice Department and the probation office recommendations, which mirror the sentences those agencies sought for Holmes.
He later moved to Silicon Valley, where he first worked as a computer programmer for Microsoft before founding an online startup that he sold for millions of dollars during the dot-com boom of the 1990s.
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