Cleveland headquarters isn't the only place at the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) where corruption seems to have occurred. On July 27, Cory Carroll, formerly secretary-treasurer of the union's Regional and Shortline General Committee of Adjustment, pleaded guilty in St. Paul federal court to embezzling $35,000 in BLET funds. He had been indicted in April. According to prosecutors, Carroll, now 39, a resident of Albert Lea, Minn., during February 2007-March 2009 illegally charged personal expenses to his union credit card and claimed lost wages for days in which he was not absent. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison. The guilty plea follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On December 2, Cory Carroll, former secretary-treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Regional and Shortline General Committee of Adjustment, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota to five years probation for theft from the Albert Lea-based union. He also was ordered to pay $35,362.41 in restitution and a $100 assessment, while refraining from gambling and the use of various controlled substances. The sentencing follows an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On April 6, Cory Carroll, secretary-treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen's Regional and Shortline Committee of Adjustment, was indicted in Minneapolis federal court for embezzlement. Prosecutors say that during February 2007-March 2009, Carroll, 39, a resident of Albert Lea, illegally diverted about $35,000 from the labor organization to his own use. The indictment follows an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
