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Ohio Secretary-Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 01:00

On February 8, Betty Illig, former secretary-treasurer for Graphic Communications International Union Local 638-S and the Tri-State District Joint Council, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio to embezzling $145,675 in union funds and covering up the thefts by submitting false information on the union’s financial reporting forms.  Illig, a resident of East Liverpool, Ohio, a half-hour drive south of Youngstown, had been indicted last November.  The local is also based in East Liverpool.  (OLMS, 2/19/07; other sources). 

 

Former Treasurer in Michigan Sentenced for Records Fraud

Ex-Treasurer of Kansas City, Kansas Local Sentenced for Theft

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 08/27/2007 - 00:00

William Kendrick wasn’t treasurer of American Postal Workers Union Local 238 for very long.  But he made the most of his opportunity – until he was caught.  Kendrick, a resident of Grandview, Missouri, was sentenced in federal court on August 17 to five years’ probation and six months home detention for embezzling $26,235.94 from the Kansas City, Kan.-based union.  Kendrick, who had served in his position from April 2003 to August 2004, pleaded guilty this May to one count of embezzlement.  He admitted that he and Local 238 President Dwayne Giles, also of Grandview, co-signed checks from a union account payable to Kendrick.  They also made child support payments on behalf of Giles, who already has pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing on October 1.  (Kansas City Star, 8/17/07).            

 

Ohio Local Secretary-Treasurer Charged with Embezzlement

CPA Sentenced for Misclassifying Costs of Seattle-Area Union

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 07/02/2007 - 00:00

On June 5, James A. Pulsifer, a certified public accountant, was sentenced to one year of probation and fined $1,000 for knowingly making false entries in the annual Labor Department reporting form of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA).  In the course of making accounting adjustments, he had misclassified some $500,000 in union expenditures.  SPEEA officers who signed the report believed it was free of errors and in compliance with federal regulations.  Pulsifer was charged in November and pleaded guilty in February.  The union, based in Seattle, represents professional employees of Boeing, BAE Systems and other aerospace companies.  The action comes in the wake of an investigation by the Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.  (OLMS, 6/15/07).  

 

Former Treasurer of Atlanta Union Indicted for Embezzlement

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