Sunny Balwani Part I - It's Always Sunny in Balwani

Everyone talks about Elizabeth Holmes building up then bringing down Theranos but what about her other fraud half Ramesh aka "Sunny" Balwani? She was the black-turtle-neck-Steve-Jobs-face of the company while he was the acid-wash-jeans-creep-at-the-club-in-Gucci-loafers-wearing-too-much-cologne pulling the levers. Where did this guy come from and would Elizabeth have gotten as far without him? Also we got Fraudster Exclusive footage of Sunny that may or may not be from the TV show Lost. Listen now about how to level up your fraudulent tech company with just one drop of blood and a machine that doesn't work!Follow Us: https://twitter.com/seenanowhttps://www.instagram.com/justin_williams_comedyhttps://twitter.com/arielleaty Follow the show on Discord: https://discord.gg/WRZ8zgusPTWebsite: https://fraudsters.fm/Twitter: https://twitter.com/fraudstersLPNInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fraudsterslpn/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQwl8sDTVEAxhwJdYgm-yrgIntroMusic Credit and Sound Fx:https://twitter.com/gograntgordonSeason Cover Art by:https://comedyartwork.com/ Sources:Carreyrou, J. (2022). Sunny. In Bad blood: Secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley startup (Kindle, pp. 67–80). essay, Vintage Books.https://fortune.com/2022/12/07/sunny-balwani-sentencing-theranos-fraud-trial-elizabeth-holmes-how-much-prison-time/https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/us-v-elizabeth-holmes-et-alhttps://www.axios.com/2022/12/07/sunny-balwani-theranos-sentence-13-yearsThe Wall St Journal did the most investigation into Theranos than any other news agency that I can find. Here is a link to their collection of articles on Theranos (not Balwani specifically but contains good investigative details about the company and its downfall)https://www.wsj.com/news/collection/theranos-coverage-ea13b200https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a26838289/who-is-ramesh-sunny-balwani/https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/theranos-chief-operating-officer-ramesh-sunny-balwani-found-guilty-conspiracy-wireSEC v. Ramesh “Sunny Balwani” 2018 https://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2018/comp-pr2018-41-balwani.pdf  Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Fraudsters ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.