<story><title>U.S. seeks 15 years for Elizabeth Holmes over Theranos fraud</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-seeks-15-years-elizabeth-holmes-over-theranos-fraud-2022-11-12/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hn_throwaway_99</author><text>Question for folks with knowledge of the process. Government is also arguing for Holmes to pay $800 million in restitution. Obviously she doesn&amp;#x27;t have that kind of money (neither even does her heir husband), so people she defrauded are never going to see that.&lt;p&gt;But what happens to her in that case? If the court does sign off on a restitution penalty, is it the equivalent of a creditor&amp;#x27;s judgment against her? I believe acts of fraud can&amp;#x27;t be discharged in bankruptcy, so is this judgment something that would hang over her forever? Could the defrauded parties garnish her wages?&lt;p&gt;Just curious as to how the logistics of &amp;quot;unpayable restitution penalties&amp;quot; play out in the real world.</text></comment>
<story><title>U.S. seeks 15 years for Elizabeth Holmes over Theranos fraud</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-seeks-15-years-elizabeth-holmes-over-theranos-fraud-2022-11-12/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bitexploder</author><text>This lays the process out: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.justice.gov&amp;#x2F;criminal-vns&amp;#x2F;restitution-process&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.justice.gov&amp;#x2F;criminal-vns&amp;#x2F;restitution-process&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>