Barbara Furlow-Smiles was a DEI manager for Facebook and Nike. She's now facing a five-year prison sentence.

It was a cool, mostly cloudy Thursday in late October when two men in suits turned up outside the Portland home of Barbara Furlow-Smiles, a DEI executive between jobs. According to a sentencing memo ...

Barbara Furlow-Smiles was sentenced to five years in prison for stealing nearly $5 million from the companies she worked for.

A former executive of Facebook and Nike on their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) teams has been sentenced to five years and three months of jail time for defrauding her employers more than $5 ...

Barbara Furlow-Smiles pleaded guilty in December to stealing more than $5 million from the two massive companies, though the vast majority was taken during her time working for Facebook from 2017 ...

Barbara Furlow-Smiles pleaded guilty in December to stealing more than $5 million from her jobs at Facebook and Nike from 2017 to 2023. Her lawyer had asked the court to impose no time behind bars.

A former DEI boss at Facebook and Nike got hit with more than five years in prison after she pleaded guilty in December to stealing over $5 million from both corporations. Barbara Furlow-Smiles ...

Barbara Furlow-Smiles pleaded guilty in December to stealing about $4.9 million from Facebook and $100,000 from Nike.

Barbara Furlow-Smiles pleaded guilty in December to stealing more than $5 million from her jobs at Facebook and Nike from 2017 to 2023. Her lawyer had asked the court to impose no time behind bars.

Former Facebook and Nike Diversity, Equity and Inclusion manager Barbara Furlow-Smiles was sentenced to five years for stealing $5 million.