Stanley Ellicott, former Assistant Director of Finance and Technology in San Francisco's Workers’ Compensation department, has been sentenced to three years in state prison for his involvement in a substantial fraud scheme that siphoned over $600,000 from city funds. As reported by the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, Ellicott pleaded guilty to seven felony counts, including misappropriation of public money and money laundering.
According to District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, Ellicott abused his trust as an overseer of "the financial integrity of the Workers’ Compensation Division." According to the District Attorney's Office, Jenkins expressed her pride in the Public Integrity Task Force for uncovering and prosecuting the case, reaffirming her commitment to eradicating public corruption. Ellicott, now in custody, awaits transfer to the custody of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
From May 2019 to January 2024, Ellicott used his position to funnel $627,118.86 into his personal accounts by adding a sham business as a vendor and billing for non-existent auditing services. Working closely, Assistant District Attorney Erin Loback and the Public Integrity Task Force managed to freeze the stolen funds before his arrest. "The taxpayers of the City and County of San Francisco will be made whole with the return of every penny of the stolen $627,118.86 back to the City’s Worker’s Compensation Fund," Loback stated, per the San Francisco District Attorney's Office.
The scheme involved Ellicott enlisting a friend to set up a fake business and bank account in Illinois under the name ‘IAG Services,' which he then integrated into the city's workers' compensation system as a vendor. Caught in the evidence was a website for IAG, created in Oakland, and emails linking to Ellicott's work address, appearing as self-created. He then systematically transferred more than $488,000 from the payments made to the fictitious company to his own accounts. Ellicott also pleaded guilty to a separate case involving the misappropriation of the City’s Community Challenge Grant Program funds.
The case was handled by Assistant District Attorney Erin Loback, with the support of District Attorney Investigator Mike Reilly, paralegal Chloe Mosqueda, and other members of the task force.
