Was that intern sincerely trying to help the world? I doubt it. Self interested and opportunistic. Having lived in Berkeley for a few years I know how twisted their crazy political world view is. Those people are radicals and totally untrustworthy.
So firstly - that's pure speculation.
Secondly and more importantly - they didn't just claim they had this technology working, they had actual people using it to inform their medical decisions. Fake it until you make it is never ever going to be ethical if you are operating in the medical diagnostics industry and you are actually having patients use it. What they did had the potential for causing great physical harm and even killing people due to misdiagnosis/clearing people of conditions they may have.
Blood tests aren't a fucking web app.
Attending Berkeley doesn't mean that you understand everything about how the world works. I went to the sister/better school down south, and it was also full of book-smart dumb-dumbs. Get over yourself.