George Wright Jr

Controversial Boston Local under Spotlight for Possible Embezzlement at Airport Parking Garage

Submitted by David Kendrick on Mon, 11/25/2002 - 01:00

FBI and IRS agents searched the Logan Airport's Parking garage and interviewed at least 23 wrkrs. and mngrs. on Nov. 7, after being alerted to "discrepancies" in parking revenues. The wrkrs. at the garage are controlled by Local 25 of the Intl. Bhd. of Teamsters, already under investigation for a series of shakedowns and featherbedding in the movie-making industry, and whose president, George W. Cashman, is under indictment for union insurance fraud.

Mass. Port Authority CEO Craig P. Coy contacted fed. investigators after he was hired in April and discovered the "discrepancies," which were uncovered in a Dec. 2001 audit. The indicted boss, George W. Cashman, sat on the port authority bd. until forced to resign after his indictment in Jan. of this year. Coy, hired to reestablish public trust in the authority known as a haven for political patronage jobs, said he was asked to delay any actions of his own until after the grand jury investigation is complete. [Boston Globe 11/8/02, Boston Herald 11/9/02]

San Francisco Staffer Charge with Union Theft

Submitted by Michael Nelson on Mon, 11/12/2001 - 01:00

Robin Neither, ex-bookkeeper for Int'l Longshoremen & Warehousemen Union Local 10 in San Francisco, was indicted on two felony counts: embezzling union funds and falsifying official union records. Allegedly, Neither stole an unspecified sum of union funds for her own personal use. She also made false entries in the local's payroll register which was use to provide false information to the Dep't of Labor.

Neither pled not guilty before U.S. Magis. Judge James Larson who released her after she posted an unsecured $20,000 bond. Neither's next court appearance is Dec. 12 before U.S. Dist. Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton (N.D. Cal., Clinton). [DOL 10/16/01; USAO N.D. Cal. 11/7/01]


New Jersey Boss Indicted for $19,200 Theft
George Wright, Jr., ex-fin'l secretary of United Auto Workers Local 267 in  Union, N.J., was indicted Oct. 30, in U.S. Dist. Court for the Dist. of N.J. on one count of embezzling $19,206 in union funds. [DOL 10/30/01]

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