On July 11, Brandon Borders, formerly secretary-treasurer of United Transportation Union Local 997, was indicted in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania for embezzling $12,551.16 from the Camp Hill, Pa.-based union. Borders, 47, a resident of Harrisburg, allegedly stole the funds from late 2005 to August 2009. The local represents Norfolk Southern railroad employees. The charge follows an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
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On November 14, Charles McDaniel, former general chairman of United Transportation Union General Committee of Adjustment 341, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri to five years probation and ordered to pay $68,365.62 in restitution and a $100 special assessment. McDaniel had been charged in April with wire fraud in the theft of $44,889.62 from the St. Joseph, Mo.-based union and another $36.629.29 from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, pleading guilty immediately afterward. The actions follow a probe by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On November 9, Derek Klingman, former secretary-treasurer of United Transportation Union Local 1006, was indicted in U.S. District Court for the Southern of Pennsylvania for embezzling $9,354.84 in funds from the Finleyville, Pa. (near Pittsburgh) union. The charge follows a probe by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On September 23, Brandon Borders, former secretary-treasurer of United Transportation Union Local 997, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania to embezzling $12,551.16 in funds from the Camp Hill, Pa. union. She had been indicted in July. Sentencing is scheduled for January. The indictment and guilty plea follow a probe by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
They might not have been Oscar-worthy performances. But the acting job by hundreds of Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) employees and their enablers was convincing enough to run a racket that could wind up costing U.S. taxpayers $1 billion or more. On October 27, 
On July 13, Jose Rivera, former president and secretary-treasurer of United Transportation Union Local 710, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey to receiving unauthorized loans from the union in excess of $2,000. The local represents Coach USA bus drivers in Newark, Elizabeth and Orange, N.J. The guilty plea follows a probe by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On April 12, Charles McDaniel, former general chairman of United Transportation Union General Committee of Adjustment 341, was charged in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri with wire fraud in the theft of $44,889.62 from the union and another $36,629.29 from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. The charge follows a probe by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On February 4, Kevin Hunt, former secretary-treasurer for United Transportation Union Local 198 in Peoria, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois to one year of probation and was ordered to pay a $500 fine and a $25 assessment for filing false information in an annual financial report. He pled guilty in October. The guilty plea and sentencing follow a probe by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
