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Policing the C-Suite to detect fraud

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When people at the top of organizations break the rules, the consequences can be terminal. But exposing executive fraud poses a set of unique challenges.

Theranos’ blood testing technology was supposed to completely revolutionize healthcare. It was a portable blood analyzer, known as the Edison, that could perform a range of tests on a small finger-prick of blood. Investors pumped millions of dollars into the company, spellbound by founder Elizabeth Holmes and her promises of