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
