Elizabeth Holmes' X account is posting again — but is it really her?
Somebody claiming to be Elizabeth Holmes, the former Theranos CEO, “America’s first self-made female billionaire,” and convicted fraudster is currently tweeting, replying, and occasionally trolling on X. But is it really her? The short answer is likely no. After all, Holmes is barely two years years into a nine-year prison sentence for fraud carried out during her time as CEO of the now-defunct blood testing company. The longer answer, however, is maybe. While federal prisons don’t allow inmates access to social media (Holmes is being held at FCP Bryan in Bryan, Texas), the posts could, in theory, be dictated by Holmes to a loved one, PR representative, or someone else who has assumed control of her account. Of course, there’s also a third option: her account could have been hacked. However, it’s unclear what the motivation would be given that no scam links, memecoins, or ads have been shared . Regardless, whoever’s taken over the account h...