Westcott Francis-Curley obtained over $600,000 through several different schemes, prosecutors said.
SEATTLE — A Seattle man pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court for three different fraud schemes that involved his former employer, a COVID assistance program and his former partner.
Westcott Francis-Curley ran these schemes between 2019 and 2022, ultimately illegally obtaining over $600,000, federal prosecutors said.
In 2019, Francis-Curley used bank accounts of his employer to purchase cloud computing resources, then sold them back to the company at many times their market value. Prosecutors said he obtained over $550,000 and was caught while trying to steal another $500,000. He spent the money
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