• SkaveRat
      link
      fedilink
      446 days ago

      Holmes scammed a lot of people while her whole wardrobe consisted of black turtlenecks

      • @dis_honestfamiliar
        link
        51
        edit-2
        6 days ago

        Scammed a lot people, where most were rich people. That’s why she got thrown in jail.

        FTFY

        • @Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          33
          edit-2
          6 days ago

          Probably true. But also millions of regular sick people going to Walgreens for blood tests used these devices and got BS results. Not just rich people were affected by this.

          • @booly@sh.itjust.works
            link
            fedilink
            226 days ago

            The hilarious thing was that she was actually acquitted of scamming patients. She was only convicted of scamming investors for claiming that patients could be treated using false tests.

      • @jol@discuss.tchncs.de
        link
        fedilink
        45 days ago

        It was all a part of trying to look more masculine and trustworthy is a landscape dominated by white men. She also used, and I kid you not, voice changing software to make her voice deeper.

        Of course this all didn’t help that there wasn’t a single trustworthy fiber in her being. It was all smoke and mirrors.

    • @toynbee@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      36 days ago

      In case it’s any consolation, I came here to say largely the same thing, except that I was going to say I liked the poster’s name.