Shannon Muldoon, a bright and vibrant media executive, lived a life of unquiet luxury. She bought the best clothes, ate at the best restaurants, vacationed in beautiful places, and put it all on Instagram. She worked out at the same private training gym as influencers and reality-television stars. She flaunted her lifestyle to her colleagues at recipe and lifestyle website Food52 , where she ran Studio52, the content studio that handled production for brand partnerships. “She would talk about it, she would wear it, she would tell us about her couch that’s vintage from Italy,” said one former staffer. “We knew all of it. We just didn’t know how she was purchasing it.” With the company credit card, as it turned out.

Between 2021 and 2023, Muldoon stole more than $270,000 from Food52, incl

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