Elizabeth Holmes, the founding father of disgraced biotech agency Theranos, purchased a one-way ticket to Mexico shortly after she was convicted of fraud final January, a courtroom submitting submitted Thursday alleges.

Holmes was discovered responsible on 4 counts of mendacity to traders on Jan. 3, 2022. Shortly thereafter, federal prosecutors allege within the submitting, Holmes purchased a flight to Mexico departing Jan. 26, 2022 with out a scheduled return journey. The U.S. authorities turned conscious of the reserving on Jan. 23, 2022.

“Solely after the federal government raised this unauthorized flight with protection counsel was the journey canceled,” prosecutors say.

The Thursday submitting got here as a part of the federal government’s opposition to Holmes’ movement for launch from detention pending enchantment of her sentencing; in November, a judge sentenced Holmes to more than 11 years in prison. U.S. District Courtroom Choose Edward Davila ordered Holmes to give up herself into custody by April 27. It has not but been decided the place she would serve her sentence, however Davila has recommended a minimum-security prison camp in Texas.

Holmes’ associate, William Evans, additionally purchased a one-way ticket “and didn’t return till roughly six weeks later, getting back from a unique continent,” prosecutors stated.

“The federal government anticipates (Holmes) will word in reply that she didn’t actually go away the nation as scheduled—however it’s troublesome to know with certainty what (Holmes) would have accomplished had the federal government not intervened,” prosecutors stated.

Prosecutors additionally allege Holmes maintains entry to huge monetary sources.

“(Holmes) has lived on an property for over a yr the place, primarily based upon the month-to-month money movement assertion (Holmes) offered to the U.S. Probation Workplace, month-to-month bills exceed $13,000 per 30 days,” they write.

They additional word {that a} choose has discovered that Holmes “by no means totally appreciated that [s]he can be incarcerated” primarily based on “ill-founded hopes that the Courtroom would give [her] a probationary sentence.” Moreover, Holmes has not “demonstrated . . . in [her] phrases or method, a real acceptance that [s]he stole a major sum of money from [investors] by mendacity and falsifying paperwork,” the prosecutors say.

They thus vehemently object to any launch.

“On the identical time when her incentive to flee has by no means been increased, (Holmes) has requested the Courtroom ease the restrictions on her journey, allowing her to journey exterior of the Northern District of California and maybe out of the state altogether ‘as a result of her vital different’s employment.'”

The U.S. has maintained bilateral extradition treaties with Mexico courting again to the nineteenth century — maybe opposite to perception that crossing the southern border ensures freedom. Since 2005, Mexico has deported between 150 and 200 fugitives to face prices within the U.S., according to the U.S. State Department.

In a single distinguished instance, Wanda Lee Ann Podgurski, convicted of incapacity and insurance coverage fraud in 2013, was apprehended in Mexico six months after an account in her title tweeted, “Catch me for those who can.”

The U.S. Marshals service is the first company designated for monitoring fugitives. Along with sustaining an workplace in Mexico, the USMS works intently with legislation enforcement businesses alongside the borders of Mexico and Canada and with the U.S. Division of State’s Diplomatic Safety Service.

An lawyer for Holmes didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.