Elizabeth Fiske

Virginia Local Secretary Pleads Guilty to Filing False Records

On October 10, David Taylor, former financial secretary for Carpenters Local 1402, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to one count of making false statements on the union’s reporting form.  The statements were part of a scheme to cover up his embezzlement of $72,422 in union funds.  The guilty plea follows an investigation by the Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.  (OLMS, 10/31/06).

 

Ex-Boss of Connecticut Union Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

Nebraska Local Treasurer Charged with Embezzlement

Crime paid well for Antoinette Cox-Burress – at least for three and a half years.  But now the former treasurer of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1293, in Lincoln, stands accused of stealing $14,663 from the union.  During June 2001-December 2004, Lancaster County prosecutors allege, she embezzled funds from the local account at First Choice Credit Union in Lincoln.  Officers served a search warrant at the credit union on September 22, and determined that she had made 42 unauthorized withdrawals.  In some cases, Cox-Burress took cash; in others, she transferred funds to another personal account at the union.  She posted a $300 bond and

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