SF News SF City Hall Employee Who Embezzled $627K, Bought VR Headsets With It, Pleads Guilty A former SF City Hall HR employee who was notoriously busted for invoicing the city for “earthquake supplies” but was actually buying VR headsets and tablets (and then selling them on eBay), pleaded guilty Thursday to all charges.
SF Politics South Lake Tahoe Mayor Admits to Embezzling Money From Church, Recent Suicide Attempt A shocking political story out of South Lake Tahoe, as Mayor Tamara Wallace admits to stealing money from the local Presbyterian Church, and having attempted to end her own life because of it last month.
SF News Fired SFPD Nonprofit Leader, Under Investigation for Embezzling $100K, Sues for Her Final Paychecks A new Hall of Fame entry in the annals of chutzpah, as the former director of an SFPD-affiliated nonprofit who’s under indictment for embezzling $100 grand has sued the nonprofit for $26,000 in back pay she claims they still owe her.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Crews Contain 167-Acre Brush Fire in Solano County at 30% New plans for a 258-unit apartment building were announced for the long vacant 360 Fifth Street site in SoMa; a San Mateo County official pleaded not guilty to embezzling $800,000 over eight years; and a brush fire in Solano County has been contained at 30 percent.
SF News Former Head of Oakland Nonprofit Accused Of Embezzling Funds, Including Donation Check From Steph Curry Federal prosecutors say that the former head of East Oakland Boxing Association, a nonprofit that mentors local youth, allegedly embezzled funds, including a $50,000 donation check from Steph and Ayesha Curry.
Business & Tech Former Facebook Executive Pleads Guilty to Swindling Company Out of $4 Million A one-time Facebook executive based in Atlanta has pleaded guilty to defrauding $4 million out of Facebook parent company Meta, by embezzling money from her company credit card, and directing contracts to friends in exchange for kickbacks.
SF News Accused Of Embezzlement, Founder Of Tony Marin School Tracked Down In Florida Two years after the founder of an elite private school allegedly absconded with over a million bucks from the Marin County institution, authorities have tracked the suspect down at her Florida home and
SF News 6 Charged With Embezzling Millions From S.F. Schools Six people have been charged with a total of 205 felony counts for allegedly diverting millions of dollars in grant money from S.F. schools. The current and former San Francisco Unified School
SF News Former Giants' Employee Charged with Embezzling Player Salaries The payroll manager for the San Francisco Giants is being charged on counts of embezzlement, most of the $1.5 million fraud coming from the players themselves. Robin O’Conner’s scam was
SF News SF State Cheerleading Coach Accused of Stealing Students' Money Former SFSU student Ashlee Haley, 23, who ran the Gators Cheerleading Club now faces "criminal charges for allegedly embezzling nearly $20,000 from the team." (Side note: if your parents christen you "Ashley
SF News Today in SFPD PR: The Brazen Embezzlers SFPD PR is so cute, we're going to make this a regular thing. Today's case involves Maria Lourdes B. Dionisio, a payroll clerk from Pacifica, and Hannah Yau, a financial analyst from Fremont,