On April 9, Michael Martin, former president of American Postal Workers Union Local 3093, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut to five years of probation, the first six months of which must be spent in home confinement with electronic monitoring, for acts of theft. He also will have to perform 200 hours of community service and pay restitution in the amount of $20,201. Martin had pleaded guilty in January to embezzling $11,320.61 worth of U.S. mail, plus another $8,880.78 in funds from the Norwalk-based union. The guilty plea and sentencing follow a joint investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards and the U.S. Postal Service's Office of Inspector General.
On March 21, Edward Kozusko, former treasurer of American Postal Workers Union Local 443, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio to embezzling $12,613.20 in funds from the Youngstown union. He had been charged eight days earlier on March 13. The charge follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On March 8, Pamela Hinzman, former treasurer of American Postal Workers Union Local 1580, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia to embezzling $26,260.68 from the Parkersburg union. She had been charged in January. The guilty plea follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On February 21, Neil Cardoso, former president of American Postal Workers Union Local 1241, was indicted in New York State Court, New York County, with grand larceny for using a union ATM card to make unauthorized withdrawals totaling about $75,000. He was arrested a week later on February 28 and arraigned on March 2. The union is based in the Long Island City section of the borough of Queens. The indictment follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On February 17, Steven Boyles, formerly secretary-treasurer and vice president of American Postal Workers Union Local 189, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas to one year of probation and 100 hours of community service for wire fraud against the Little Rock union. He also was ordered to pay a $2,500 fine and a $100 assessment. Boyles, along with local President Lance Hinerman and Craft Clerk Director Daniel Cassidy, had been indicted in September 2009 on a combined 200 counts, mostly for wire fraud. Boyles pleaded guilty last September. The sentencing follows an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards and the U.S. Postal Service's Office of Inspector General.
On February 7, Christina Carr, former secretary-treasurer of American Postal Workers Union Local 7008, was indicted in Navajo County (Ariz.) Superior Court on one count of theft or embezzlement in an amount greater than $4,000. The indictment follows an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On March 6, Cherity Perez, former secretary-treasurer of American Postal Workers Union Local 631, was sentenced in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota District Court to 15 days of home confinement and two years of probation for theft of funds from the Willmar union. She also will have to pay additional restitution of $95.80, plus $90 in court fees, after previously making restitution in the amount of $1,144. Perez had been charged last August with theft of $1,240 and pleaded guilty in February. The actions follow an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On January 11, Michael Martin, former president of American Postal Workers Union Local 3093, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut to embezzling $11,320.61 of mail by a postal employee and $8,880.78 in funds from the Norwalk-based union. The guilty plea follows a joint probe by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards and the U.S. Postal Service's Office of Inspector General.
On January 4, Pamela Hinzman, former treasurer of American Postal Workers Union Local 1580, was charged in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia with embezzling $26,260.68 from the Parkersburg-based union. The charge follows a probe by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On November 1, Bobby Harrison, former treasurer of American Postal Workers Union Local 79, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to six months in prison, three years of supervised probation and 300 hours of community service for embezzling $21,737.11 in funds from the Gainesville, Ga.-based union. He also was ordered to pay $15,159.77 in restitution and a $100 special assessment. Harrison pled guilty in August. The guilty plea and sentencing follow a joint investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards and the U.S. Postal Service's Office of Inspector General.
