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“Serve Time Behind Bars For Her Excessive Greed”: Barbara Furlow-Smiles Used Position As DEI Leader To Steal $4.9M From Facebook and $120K From Nike To Fund Lavish Lifestyle
Everybody has a price. For former Facebook and Nike diversity manager Barbara Furlow-Smiles, the cost of her career, reputation and future was $5 million that […]
Facebook post announces closure of Hicksville Community Memorial Hospital
HICKSVILLE, Ohio (WANE) Hospital administrators have feared that Hicksville Community Memorial Hospital would close if financial difficulties were not resolved. It appears those fears have been realized. Hicksville is located about 45 minutes northeast of Fort Wayne just across the Indiana-Ohio border. Late Thursday evening, the hospital posted a message...
Ex-diversity boss at Facebook, Nike who orchestrated fake events to steal $5M gets five years, must pay back hefty sum
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...
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