Former SF Official Sentenced to Three Years for Fraud Scheme

A former City of San Francisco employee was sentenced to three years in state prison for defrauding the city out of more than $627,000, the District Attorney's Office announced.  Stanley Ellicott, 40, pleaded guilty last month to seven felony counts of public corruption in connection with a complex fraud scheme in which he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the city, where he worked as the assistant director of finance and technology for San Francisco's Workers' Compensation Division. Ellicott enlisted a friend to register a fake busine...