Holmes and her business partner, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, were subsequently charged with federal counts of fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud.

His biggest story started in 2015 when he began chipping away at the glittering facade of Theranos and its charismatic young founder Holmes, who lured billions of dollars from investors with the promise of technology that could diagnose everything from cholesterol to HIV with one test of a small drop of blood.Ī lot of journalists uncritically reported on the fantastic claims, until Carreyrou discovered that Theranos had cheated on tests, provided false data to patients, and that CEO Holmes allegedly lied to the company and its board.Īfter Carreyrou exposed the alleged fraud, the company folded.

In 2003, he shared a Pulitzer in Explanatory Reporting for a series of stories on corporate scandals in 2015, he won a Pulitzer for Investigative Reporting for a series exposing fraud and abuse in Medicare that cost taxpayers billions of dollars.

I may find a home for my reporting in between books.”Ĭarreyrou has had discussions about joining several news publications, including The New York Times, according to a person familiar with the matter.Ĭarreyrou, who was born in France and has had reporting stints in Brussels, Paris and New York with the Journal, is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. I want to keep writing non-fiction books for the second part of my career. I owe this recent string of success to the Journal but I needed a change. We never want our journalists to be in situations where those standards can be questioned, and neither do our readers.”Ĭarreyrou said just because he’s done with the Journal doesn’t mean he’s done with journalism. The Journal said in a statement the policy exists to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest: “The Journal has a deep commitment to the highest standards and ethics, including our guidelines around paid speaking engagements, because nothing is more important than the independence of our journalism. Paid speaking engagements are highly lucrative, with some journalists earning five-figure sums to give a speech to a company or organization. I’m grateful for everything they’ve done for me.” I’m in pretty high demand due to the success of the book. I respect the reasons for their policy but for me it meant leaving quite a bit of money on the table. If I were to do that or my colleagues do that it compromises the Journal. “The Journal has a pretty blanket ban on its reporters taking money to speak publicly.

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