SF City Hall Employee Who Embezzled $627K, Bought VR Headsets With It, Pleads Guilty

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/12/04/sf-city-hall-employee-who-embezzled-627k-bought-vr-headsets-with-it-pleads-guilty/A former SF City Hall HR employee who was notoriously busted for invoicing the city for “earthquake supplies” but was actually buying VR headsets and tablets (and then selling them on eBay), pleaded guilty Thursday to all charges. We admit that occasionally we find some examples of SF City Hall corruption that are simply flat-out hilarious. One example would be the embezzlement escapades of Stanley Ellicott, the former assistant director of finance and technology for the SF City Hall HR workers’ comp division. Ellicott was charged in January 2024 for invoicing the city $14,000 for “earthquake supplies.” But according to his charging statemen