On September 14, Lanny Pauley, former secretary-treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 1412, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, to embezzling $20,325 from the Garden City union. Pauley, 67, a resident of Garden City, during 2002-07 wrote unauthorized union checks to himself and made unauthorized charges to his union credit card. He had been indicted in June for embezzling $6,515. Sentencing is set for November 28. The indictment and guilty plea follow a probe by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On March 15, Wanda Jackson, former treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 4065, was found guilty by a jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on embezzling funds from the Plano-based union of $41,246.95. She had been indicted last July. The actions follow a probe by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On March 13, Frank Rysz, former secretary-treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 1124, was charged in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania with embezzlement of $12,514.91 in funds from the New Stanton, Pa.-based union. The charge follows an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On February 21, Nancy Kumbler, former president and treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 1144, entered an Alford plea in Wisconsin Circuit Court, Green Lake County, for theft from the Berlin, Wisc.-based union. She then was sentenced to a year of probation and was ordered to pay $3,505 in restitution. The Alford plea (in which a defendant doesn't formally admit to wrongdoing, but concedes the evidence is sufficient for a conviction) and sentencing follow an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On January 25, Tommy Harris, former treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 1230, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to four years of probation, 11 months of home confinement and 200 hours of community service for embezzlement of funds from the Griffin, Ga. local. He also will have to pay restitution in the amount of $24,646.82, of which $4,646.82 is outstanding, plus a $100 special assessment. Harris pled guilty in November. The actions follow a probe by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
