A former high-ranking San Francisco Department of Human Resources manager has been arrested on suspicion of 62 criminal charges related to an alleged scheme to defraud the city out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Stanley Ellicott is accused of stealing $627,000 from the city’s worker’s compensation fund during a four-and-a-half-year period from May 2019 to January of this year, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.