Ex-Facebook DEI Manager Stole Over $4 Million in ‘Elaborate’ Criminal Scheme

Published on December 13, 2023

A former diversity manager at Facebook has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $4 million from the company in what the Justice Department said was an elaborate scheme involving fake vendors and cash kickbacks. Barbara Furlow-Smiles, who led Facebook’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs for years, has pleaded guilty to defrauding the company of more than $4 million using fictitious charges and fraudulent invoices, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). “This defendant abused a position of trust as a global diversity executive for Facebook to defraud the company of millions of dollars, ignoring the insidious consequences of undermining the importance of her DEI mission,” U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan said in a statement....

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