Ex-diversity boss at Facebook, Nike who orchestrated fake events to steal $5M gets five years, must pay back hefty sum

NY Post ^ | 16/5/24 | Katherine Donleavy

[Eleutheria5]

The ex-diversity program manager for Facebook and Nike who stole more than $5 million from the mega companies to fund her “luxury lifestyle” was sentenced Monday to five years behind bars — and ordered to pay back the hefty sum.

Barbara Furlow-Smiles, 38, set up fake business deals, invoices and events — including a Juneteenth celebration — to line her own pockets, the Justice Department said.

“Furlow-Smiles shamelessly violated her position of trust as a DEI executive at Facebook to steal millions from the company utilizing a scheme involving fraudulent vendors, fake invoices, and cash kickbacks,” US Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan said in a statement.

“After being terminated from Facebook, she brazenly continued the fraud as a DEI leader at Nike, where she stole another six-figure sum from their diversity program.”

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[Eleutheria5]

Jokes write themselves.

[Paladin2]

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ernest-barbara-furlow-smiles-founders-of-the-bedazzled-and-customizable-smiles-shield—42857808

[thegagline]

[xoxox]

the snake nibbles itself.

[Truthsearcher]

DEI officers actually don’t do anything, so they have all day to think up schemes to line their pockets.