Harry Keil

Former St. Louis-Area Machinists Benefit Manager Sentenced

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 11/09/2009 - 13:58

In the case of Harry Keil, there was more than met the eye. Keil, formerly the pension, health and welfare fund manager for International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 9, had been indicted this January on two counts of embezzling about $54,000 from a pair of union benefit plans. But his true take, as he had admitted at his plea hearing, was much higher. Keil was sentenced on Thursday, October 29 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri to 27 months in prison and was ordered to make restitution of about $341,000 to the insurance fund covering the Bridgeton, Mo.-based labor organization's losses.

Benefit Plan Manager of St. Louis-Area Machinists Affiliate Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 18:18

Machinists logoHarry Keil was in a lot deeper than initial reports had indicated. Keil, a former benefit fund manager for International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 9, pleaded guilty in May in St. Louis federal court to one count of embezzlement and one count of mail fraud. He admitted that he'd embezzled $341,000 from the Bridgeton, Mo. union, a figure far higher than the earlier figure of $54,702 reported following his indictment on January 29.

St. Louis-Area Pension Manager Indicted for Embezzlement

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Thu, 03/12/2009 - 23:24

It didn’t take long for Harry Keil to set about enriching himself.  Keil, pension manager for International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 9, was indicted on January 29 on two counts of felony embezzlement for diverting nearly $55,000 from an employee benefit plan.  He was arrested in Rockford, Illinois and appeared in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on February 10.  Reports did not indicate whether he pleaded guilty.

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