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Elizabeth Holmes makes her case to the jury in fraud trial

If convicted of the fraud charges facing her, Elizabeth Holmes could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.

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FILE - Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of Theranos, left, leaves the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building in downtown San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. The U.S. government rested its case in the trial of fallen Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes on Friday, Nov 19, after spending more than two months trying to prove she bamboozled investors, patients and business partners into believing that her startup Theranos was about to reshape health care by using just a few drops for blood for tests that usually require vials of the stuff.(Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group via AP, File)

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Fallen Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes returned to the witness stand on Monday to tell a story likely to determine whether she is convicted or acquitted of criminal charges alleging she duped investors and patients into believing she had invented a breakthrough in blood-testing technology.

She spent most of her times discussing documents extolling the effectiveness of a small blood-testing device made by Theranos, a startup to founded in 2003. She also seized on opportunities to make eye contact with the jury that will decide her fate.

If convicted of the fraud charges facing her, Holmes could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.

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