伊麗莎白?霍姆斯被控重大欺詐

Theranos, the blood analysis start-up, and Elizabeth Holmes, its chief executive and founder, have been charged with “massive fraud” by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

從事血液檢測(cè)的初創(chuàng)公司Theranos及其首席執(zhí)行官和創(chuàng)始人伊麗莎白•霍姆斯(Elizabeth Holmes)被美國(guó)證交會(huì)(SEC)指控犯有“重大欺詐”。

The SEC said on Wednesday that Ms Holmes and the company’s former president Ramesh Balwani had raised more than $700m through “an elaborate, years-long fraud in which they exaggerated or made false statements about the company’s technology, business, and financial performance”.

美國(guó)證交會(huì)周三表示，霍姆斯和該公司前總裁拉梅什•巴爾萬(wàn)尼(Ramesh Balwani)通過(guò)“一場(chǎng)精心設(shè)計(jì)、持續(xù)數(shù)年的欺詐行為，夸大或虛假陳述該公司的技術(shù)、業(yè)務(wù)和財(cái)務(wù)表現(xiàn)”，籌集了超過(guò)7億美元資金。

Theranos and Ms Holmes have agreed to resolve the charges, according to the SEC, which said she had agreed to give up control of the business and pay a $500,000 penalty.

美國(guó)證交會(huì)表示，Theranos和霍姆斯已同意通過(guò)和解了結(jié)這些指控。證交會(huì)稱(chēng)，她已同意放棄對(duì)該公司的控制并認(rèn)罰50萬(wàn)美元。

The SEC also said Ms Holmes was barred from serving as a director of a public company for 10 years.

美國(guó)證交會(huì)還表示，霍姆斯在10年內(nèi)不得擔(dān)任公共公司董事。

Theranos and Ms Holmes neither admitted nor denied the charges. The SEC said it would litigate its claims against Mr Balwani.

Theranos和霍姆斯既沒(méi)有承認(rèn)也沒(méi)有否認(rèn)美國(guó)證交會(huì)的指控。證交會(huì)表示，針對(duì)巴爾萬(wàn)尼的指控將進(jìn)入訴訟程序。

‘’The Theranos story is an important lesson for Silicon Valley,’’ said Jina Choi, director of the SEC’s San Francisco regional office in a statement.

美國(guó)證交會(huì)舊金山地區(qū)辦事處主任Jina Choi表示：“Theranos的故事對(duì)硅谷來(lái)說(shuō)是一個(gè)重要的教訓(xùn)。”

“Innovators who seek to revolutionise and disrupt an industry must tell investors the truth about what their technology can do today, not just what they hope it might do someday.’’

“那些尋求革新和顛覆一個(gè)行業(yè)的創(chuàng)新者，必須向投資者如實(shí)報(bào)告其技術(shù)當(dāng)前能做什么，而不是他們希望其技術(shù)未來(lái)可能做什么。”

A lawyer for Ms Holmes declined to comment. Lawyers for Theranos and Mr Balwani did not immediately return requests for comment.

霍姆斯的一名律師拒絕置評(píng)。Theranos和巴爾萬(wàn)尼的律師沒(méi)有立即回復(fù)記者的置評(píng)請(qǐng)求。

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