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A former Facebook employee pleaded guilty to stealing more than $4 million from the company on Tuesday, the Department of Justice announced. Barbara Furlow-Smiles ran the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion programs from 2017 to 2021 and embezzled the funds through fraudulent credit card charges, expense reports and cash kickbacks. “This defendant abused a position…
A former Facebook diversity and inclusion tsar has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $4m (£3.1m) from the tech giant to fund her lavish lifestyle.
Thursday, December 14, 2023 – A former global diversity strategist at Facebook has pleaded guilty to wire fraud after stealing more than $4 million from the social media giant “to fund a lavish lifestyle” in California and Georgia, federal prosecutors said. Barbara Furlow-Smiles, who led various Facebook Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs from 2017 through mid-2021,…
Prosecutors say the fraud relied on ‘elaborate scheme’ to syphon off company money
Meta, the parent of social media giant Facebook, cooperated with the fraud investigation of former DEI strategist Barbara Furlow-Smiles.