Amanda Kemmer

Former Iowa Secretary Sentenced for Embezzlement

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 06/06/2005 - 00:00

On May 12, Amanda Kemmer, ex-secretary for Bricklayers Local 3 in the Des Moines area, was given a 24-month prison sentence plus three years probation, and was ordered to pay full restitution for embezzling union funds.  Kemmer pleaded guilty last December in federal court to stealing more than $209,000 over the period January 1997-April 2004.  She’d pocketed about $175,000 of that by using a rubber stamp to write herself checks, and raked in the rest by altering pay stubs and pilfering cash.   (OLMS, 5/27).

 

Ex- Ofc. Secy Admits Embezzlement in Iowa Federal Court

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 01/31/2005 - 01:00

The ex-office secy. for Local 3 of the Bricklayers Intl. Union pled guilty on Dec. 23 to embezzling over $200,000.  Amanda Kemmer entered her plea in the U.S. Dist. Court for the Sou. Dist. of IA.  She was employed as Local 3's ofc. secy. from June 1997 through April 2004.  Kemmer had full responsibility for maintaining the local’s financial records including check stubs, disbursement and receipt ledgers, monthly financial reports and payroll records. She was also responsible for collecting dues and other receipts, issuing duplicate receipts, and making deposits.

 

Ex-Ofc. Mgr. Admits Embezzlement in Iowa Fed. Court

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 01/03/2005 - 01:00

The former office manager for a Des Moines-area bricklayers union pleaded guilty in federal court on Dec. 22 of embezzling more than $209,000 over several years.  Amanda Kemmer, 38, admitted that she altered pay stubs to give herself nearly $18,000 in unauthorized salary and $2,576 in unearned pension contributions between January 1997 and April 2004.  Kemmer said she also pocketed $14,217 in cash from union coffers, and she used a rubber stamp to write herself $174,714 in improper checks.

 

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