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Theranos founder loses final bid to stay out of prison

Elizabeth Homes will soon have to report to prison to begin her 11-year sentence after she was convicted by a jury last year of defrauding investors in the blood-testing start-up

Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos pictured at an earlier court appearance

Elizabeth Holmes lost her final request to remain free on bail while she appeals her fraud conviction.

The ruling Tuesday by the US Court of Appeals in San Francisco means the Theranos founder will soon have to report to prison to begin her 11-year sentence after she was convicted by a jury last year of defrauding investors in the blood-testing start-up.

Holmes had won a brief pause delaying the start of her prison term while ...