A former San Francisco city official admitted guilt on Thursday to orchestrating a massive theft of taxpayer money, confessing to embezzling more than $600,000 from the city’s workers’ compensation division and facilitating a kickback scheme involving other public employees.
Stanley Ellicott, the former assistant director of finance and technology for the Department of Human Resources (DHR), entered the plea to resolve charges spanning two separate corruption scandals that have rocked city hall over the last year.
According to the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, Ellicott faces a three-year state prison sentence…