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All you need to know about Theranos' former COO Ramesh 'Sunny' Balwani

In what is considered to be one of the biggest frauds in Silicon Valley, Balwani was convicted on all 12 charges in July for his role at Theranos. He has been sentenced to a prison term of 13 years

Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani (Photo: Bloomberg)
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Sunny Balwani, former chief operating officer (COO) at Theranos and ex-partner of Elizabeth Holmes, has been sentenced to 155 months in prison after he was found guilty on 12 charges of fraud for his role at the now defunct blood-testing company. Holmes was sentenced to 11 years in prison earlier in November. 

After the completion of their sentences, Balwani and Holmes will have to be under supervised release for three more years.  

In what is considered to be one of the biggest frauds in Silicon Valley, Balwani was convicted on all 12 charges in July. He spent 6 years as

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