On September 19, Rosalin Dukes, former secretary-treasurer of American Postal Workers Union Local 3607, pleaded guilty in the District Court for Hunt County (Dallas-Ft. Worth area), Texas, to illegal use of her union-issued credit/debit card. She then was sentenced to five years probation and 100 hours of community service, and ordered to pay $18,598.34 in restitution, $285 in court costs and a $50 Crime Stoppers Fee. The plea and sentencing follow an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards and the Greenville, Texas Police Department.
On February 7, Frank Juarez, former president of American Postal Workers Union Local 6768, was charged in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas with embezzlement of funds from the Plano-based union in the amount of $21,290.73. The charge follows a probe by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On October 22, Barbara Patton, former president of American Postal Workers Union Local 4469, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania to concealing thefts in financial records of the Johnstown, Pa. union. She then was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay a $25 assessment. Patton previously had paid $1,705.41 in restitution following her indictment in March 2010 for making unauthorized use of her credit card in the amount of $2,015.78. The actions follow an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On September 18, Christina Carr, former treasurer of American Postal Workers Union Local 7008, was sentenced in Navajo County, Arizona Superior Court to three years of supervised probation and ordered to pay $5,853.19 in restitution for embezzling funds from the Show Low, Ariz.-based union by way of unauthorized use of the local debit card and checking account. She was indicted in February and pleaded guilty in July. The actions follow a probe by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On July 10, Christina Carr, former secretary-treasurer of American Postal Workers Union Local 7008, pleaded guilty in Navajo County, Arizona Superior Court to embezzling $5,853.19 from the Show Low, Ariz.-based union by making unauthorized use of the local debit card and checking account. She had been indicted in February. The indictment and guilty plea follow an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On July 12, Pamela Hinzman, former treasurer of American Postal Workers Union Local 1580, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia to five years of probation and ordered to pay $22,304.22 in restitution and a $100 special assessment for embezzlement from the Parkersburg union. She had been charged in January for stealing $26,260.68 and pleaded guilty in March. The actions follow an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On June 4, Edward Kozusko, former treasurer of American Postal Workers Union Local 443, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio to one week of confinement and three years of supervised release, the first eight months which would include supervised home confinement, for embezzlement from the Youngstown union. He also was ordered to pay full restitution in the amount of $12,613.20 and a $6,000 fine. Kozusko, who had been charged in March, pleaded guilty several days later in that month. The sentencing follows a probe by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
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.
