Crime & Safety
Former SF Human Resources Manager Accused Of Stealing $627K From Worker's Comp Fund
The money Ellicott allegedly siphoned from city coffers into the fake business' bank account was transferred into his checking account.
March 22, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO – A former high-ranking San Francisco Department of Human Resources manager has been arrested on suspicion of 62 criminal charges related to an alleged scheme to defraud the city out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Stanley Ellicott is accused of stealing $627,000 from the city's worker's compensation fund during a four-and-a-half-year period from May 2019 to January of this year, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office announced Thursday.
Prosecutors allege that while Ellicott was the assistant director of finance and technology for the city's Department of Human Resources Workers' Compensation Division, he had a friend create a fake business that he then illegally paid as a city-approved vendor of auditing services.
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