Former San Francisco City Employee Faces New Charges in $600,000 Embezzlement Scheme

Stanley Ellicott, previously indicted in a kickback scheme, is now accused of creating a fake company to steal from the city's workers’ compensation fund.

• Stanley Ellicott, a former San Francisco city worker, has been charged with embezzling over $600,000 by establishing a bogus firm.
• Ellicott faces 62 felony charges including money laundering, grand theft, and insurance fraud, for stealing from the city from 2019 to 2024.
• The scheme involved creating a fictitious company, Independent Auditors Group, to bill the city for nonexistent auditing services on over 600 claims.
• Ellicott exploited his position managing workers’ compensation claims, redirecting payments intended for legitimate claims to his fake company.
• New safeguards have been implemented by the city to prevent similar fraud and abuse in the future.

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