Former Philadelphia Museum of Art Executive Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor for $30,000 in Personal Purchases
Latasha Harling, the former chief people and diversity officer at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property, a misdemeanor, on Friday. This plea allowed her to avoid a scheduled trial. Harling admitted to using corporate credit cards to make approximately $30,000 in personal purchases. Among the items she bought were $1,484 in airline tickets from United Airlines, $482 in goods from Ikea, and $257 in clothing from Common Ground. Common Pleas Court Judge Leon King II sentenced Harling to five years of probation and ordered her to pay $30,000 in restitution to the museum. She is required to begin making monthly payments of at least $500 starting in January. If she repays the full amount before her probation ends, she may request early termination of her probation. In exchange for her plea, prosecutors dropped charges of theft by unlawful taking and theft by deception, which could have carried a sentence of up to five years in prison.
