I should be more precise... This wipes out her Theranos stock. Who knows what she paid herself. Her VC was a family friend, so I suspect she has family money, and may stand to inherit Palo Alto real estate.
The big difference is for all the time invested, her current stock is worth zero.
She lied, and doing so stole people's money, and maybe hurt some people's health. Who cares she got nothing from what she did. That's how it usually works for startups anyways, you risk having wasted your time. That's why we need making it worse, a stronger deterrent then her company dying, otherwise lying can be seen as acceptable to prevent a compagnie's death, as the only negative side effect is the company dying
She’s lost every chance to get a good exec position. The SEC doesn’t send people to jail, that’s out of their jurisdiction. The government will be the ones to do that.
The big difference is for all the time invested, her current stock is worth zero.