Frank Okunak

Okunak pled guilty on Wednesday to embezzling more than $16 million from the firm over a period of a decade.. Okunak pled guilty to one count each of wire fraud and falsification of corporate books and records. Each count has a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. He has agreed to forfeit more than $10.8 million and pay restitution of $16 million. Okunak left the firm, part of Interpublic (IPG), in 2020. The embezzling scheme took place during the tenure of three Weber CEOs. Harris Diamond left the firm to lead creative network McCann in late 2012 and was succeeded by Andy Polansky, who led Weber until his promotion to CEO of IPG’s Constituency Management Group, now known as Dxtra, in 2019. Polansky was replaced by Gail Heimann. Diamond retired from McCann at the end of 2020, and Polansky stepped down as Dxtra’s CEO in June 2022.