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Ex-diversity manager Facebook, Nike sentenced for stealing $5M

A former diversity program manager at Facebook and Nike who stole more than $5 million from the giant companies to fund a “luxury lifestyle” was sentenced Monday to five years in prison and ordered to repay the large sum. Barbara Farlow Smiles, 38, organized fake business meetings, invoices, Juneteenth celebrations and other events to line […]

Ex-DEI Manager At Facebook And Nike Sentenced For Multi-Million Dollar Fraud

A photo taken on May 14, 2012 in Paris shows an illustration made of figurines placed in front of Facebook’s homepage (Photo by Joël SAGET/AFP) (Photo credit goes to JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images) OAN’s Avril Elfie1:19pm – Tuesday, May 14, 2024 A former diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) manager for Facebook and Nike has […]

‘Excessive Greed’: Former DEI Manager At Facebook Sentenced For $5 Million Fraud

A former diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) manager at Facebook and Nike will serve 63 months in prison and three years of supervised release as part of his sentencing for more than $5 million in wire fraud, federal prosecutors announced Monday. Barbara Farlow Smiles, 38, of Marietta, Georgia, reportedly ran an “elaborate scheme involving fraudulent […]

Jim Simons, billionaire hedge fund manager, philanthropist, dies at 86

Jim Simmons, a mathematics professor who became one of the most successful hedge fund managers in history, died Friday at the age of 86, according to his foundation. Simmons, a prolific philanthropist who donated more than $1 billion to Stony Brook University, died Friday in New York City, the Simmons Foundation announced on its website. […]