SF City Hall Employee Who Embezzled $627K, Bought Himself VR Headsets Sentenced to Three Years in Prison

"He was charged in January 2024 for invoicing the city $14,000 for earthquake supplies, though according to his charging statement from the DA's office, The actual items purchased were three Oculus virtual reality headsets, four Rylo Action cameras, an HDTV projector, a Nikon DSLR camera worth nearly $2,000, four GoPro cameras, three mini instant cameras, six Microsoft tablets, and four OSMO pocket cameras with expansion kits."

"Mr Ellicott had enormous responsibility as the Assistant Director of Finance and Technology in the City's Workers' Compensation department and he is being held accountable for violating the public trust, Jenkins said in a press release. I am committed to rooting out public corruption at all levels and protecting residents and taxpayers from fraud and gross misconduct perpetrated by city employees."

Stanley Ellicott served as Assistant Director of Finance and Technology in San Francisco's Workers' Compensation department and abused that role to commit fraud. He was charged in January 2024 for invoicing the city $14,000 for earthquake supplies while actually buying high-end tech and reselling much of it on eBay. Ellicott created a sham Illinois business called IAG Services and billed the city's HR workers' compensation fund $627,118.86 for purported auditing services between May 2019 and January 2024. He pleaded guilty and has been sentenced to three years in state prison for embezzlement and violating the public trust.

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