<story><title>A New Look Inside Theranos’ Dysfunctional Corporate Culture</title><url>https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-look-inside-theranos-dysfunctional-corporate-culture/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mhneu</author><text>It is ludicrous that Theranos&amp;#x27; punishment for all their fraud was merely paying a fine.  
We need to resume prosecuting the individuals who commit white collar crimes.  Otherwise, getting caught committing crime just gets budgeted into the business plan.&lt;p&gt;The book &lt;i&gt;The Chickenshit Club&lt;/i&gt; does a good job highlighting this (fairly recent) problem with US justice.
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;books&amp;#x2F;review&amp;#x2F;the-chickenshit-club-jesse-eisinger-.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;books&amp;#x2F;review&amp;#x2F;the-chickens...&lt;/a&gt;
&amp;quot;America’s Top Prosecutors Used to Go After Top Executives. What Changed?&amp;quot;</text></comment>
<story><title>A New Look Inside Theranos’ Dysfunctional Corporate Culture</title><url>https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-look-inside-theranos-dysfunctional-corporate-culture/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jjxw</author><text>The author of this book, John Carreyou, was apparently public enemy number 1 at Theranos. Theranos both dedicated time at an all hands to chant &amp;quot;f--- you Carreyou&amp;quot; and developed a space invaders like game where players could shoot pictures of his head.[0] It does put some of the more... unflattering descriptions of Balwani in the article in context. For someone who was so viciously attacked and ultimately vindicated on his bearish view of the Theranos it&amp;#x27;s understandable.&lt;p&gt;[0]&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&amp;#x2F;theranos-employees-made-space-invaders-game-where-you-shoot-journalist-that-exposed-startup-problems-2018-4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&amp;#x2F;theranos-employees-made-space...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>