The destiny of Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani is now within the arms of a dozen jurors after a federal choose on Friday handed them the criminal-fraud case with directions to determine whether or not the previous Theranos Inc. president deceived traders and sufferers in a high-profile Silicon Valley saga.
The conclusion of testimony and arguments within the white-collar case follows a marathon four days of closing arguments. Mr. Balwani’s protection spent greater than 11 hours making its case to the jury that Mr. Balwani, who was the longtime chief working officer of the defunct blood-testing startup Theranos, acted in good faith and was sincere in his dealings, that Theranos expertise confirmed promise and that the federal government’s witnesses had been unreliable or dishonest.
