By St. John Barned-Smith
A San Francisco city employee was charged Thursday with helping embezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars from a program meant to fund neighborhood improvements, prosecutors said.
Stanley Ellicott, a 38-year-old manager in San Francisco’s Department of Human Resources, is charged with eight felonies, including one count of misappropriation of public money, six counts of aiding and abetting a financial conflict of interest in a government contract, and one count of receiving stolen property.
The charges lay out a case in which Ellicott helped an associate direct bribes to a grant manager in exchange for city dollars.
“The charges announced today reflect my Office’s continuing commitment to uncover official misconduct in San Francisco’s City government,” said District Attorney Brooke Jenkins. “The District Attorney’s Office’s Public Integrity Task Force is dedicated to holding accountable those who steal public funds for their own ends.”
The charges against Ellicott are the latest in an ongoing four-year probe by federal and local authorities into corruption in San Francisco city government. The corruption investigation has led to convictions against former Department of Public Works Chief Mohammed Nuru, former Public Utilities Commission General Manager Harlan Kelly, and a slew of other local businessmen, developers and city bureaucrats.
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