On April 15, Christine Throckmorton, former office secretary/bookkeeper for Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Local 57, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania to four years probation and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $9,674.95 and a special assessment of $100. She had pleaded guilty in December to one count of embezzling $9,675.95 from the Pittsburgh union. The sentencing follows an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On December 4, Christine Throckmorton, formerly office secretary/bookkeeper for Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Local 57, pled guilty in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania to embezzling $9,674.95 in funds from the Pittsburgh union. The guilty plea follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On October 29, Donald Spell, former office employee for Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees (HERE) Local 12, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to embezzling $16,422 from the Cincinnati local. He had been charged in October. The guilty plea follows a probe by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
