Theranos Executive Sunny Balwani’s Criminal-Fraud Trial Delayed Amid Covid-19

SAN JOSE, Calif.—The criminal-fraud trial of former Theranos Inc. executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani was delayed Wednesday when a federal judge sent a packed courtroom home as a health precaution, citing a Covid-19 exposure.

Mr. Balwani, the former top deputy at defunct blood-testing company Theranos and ex-boyfriend of Elizabeth Holmes, who started the company as a Stanford University dropout, faces a dozen counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud. Mr. Balwani has pleaded not guilty to the charges.