A Maine man who admitted trying to kill three police officers with a machete in a terrorist attack near New York’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve 16 months ago was sentenced to 27 years in prison on Thursday in a courtroom packed with officers. The sentencing of Trevor Bickford in Manhattan federal court came […]
The former diversity program manager for Nike and Facebook who stole more than $5 million from large companies to support her luxury lifestyle has been sentenced to five years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia. Barbara Furlow-Smiles, 38, set up false business deals, invoices, and events—including a Juneteenth celebration—to pad her own pockets.U.S. Attorney Ryan Buchanan said: "Furlow-Smiles shamelessly violated her position of trust as a DEI...
Barbara Furlow-Smiles, a Georgia resident who was a diversity manager for Facebook and Nike, was ordered to pay restitution for her theft scheme.
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. "I blew it big time,"...
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Paul Pelosi Hammer Attacker Gets 30 Years In Prison The man who snuck into the house of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in October of 2022 and attacked her husband Paul with a hammer at 2 a.m. has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. David DePape, 42, was convicted of assault and attempted kidnapping of a federal official last November following a week-long trial in San Francisco. The attack left Pelosi, now 84, in the hospital for six days with a fractured skull and other injuries. ...
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