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‘I blew it big time.’ Former Facebook DEI head gets 5 years in prison for stealing millions

March 2020 photo of Barbara Furlow-Smiles in Los Angeles. (Robin L Marshall / Getty Images)

March 2020 photo of Barbara Furlow-Smiles in Los Angeles. (Robin L Marshall / Getty Images)

A former head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives at Facebook and Nike was sentenced to five years in prison this week for a brazen fraud scheme she ran while working at the companies.

Barbara Furlow-Smiles pleaded guilty in December to stealing more than $5 million from the two massive companies, though the vast majority was taken during her time working for Facebook from 2017 to 2021. She used the stolen cash to fund a “luxury lifestyle,” prosecutors said.

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Author: Editors Desk, Noah Goldberg Staff Writer

Source: Los Angeles Times

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