Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to head to prison

United States District Court judge for Northern Californiaset the date on Wednesday

Holmes, 39, to begin serving 11 years and three months in prison.

She was convicted of fraud at trial in San Jose, California, last year.

Holmes had asked the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to pause her sentence on April 25

She rose to fame after claiming Theranos’s small machines could run an array of diagnostic tests with just a few drops of blood

Holmes was convicted of fraud at trial in San Jose, California, last year.