Barbara Furlow-Smiles at the 2020 Sisters' Awards at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles
Barbara Furlow-Smiles at the 2020 Sisters' Awards at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, on March 8, 2020.
  • A former Facebook and Nike diversity manager was sentenced to five years in prison for wire fraud.
  • Barbara Furlow-Smiles admitted to stealing over $5 million from the companies.
  • Attorneys said she used fraudulent vendors, fake invoices, and cash kickbacks.

A former diversity program manager at Facebook and Nike was sentenced to five years and three months in prison after pleading guilty to stealing more than $5 million to fund her luxury lifestyle.