James B. Green

Ex-Treasurer of Texas Local Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 09/24/2007 - 00:00

On August 31, Judy Thurman, former treasurer of Federated Independent Texas Union Local 900, pled guilty in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas to one count of embezzling union funds totaling $164,268.50.  Thurman, who had served at her union post for nearly two years, originally had been indicted on 19 counts.  FITU Local 900 represents Lockheed Aerospace workers in Ft. Worth.  The plea follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department.  (OLMS, 9/21/07). 

 

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Former Office Manager in North Carolina Sentenced for Thefts

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 03/12/2007 - 00:00

On February 21, Connie Jacobs, former office manager for Local 495 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina to twelve months and one day in prison, to be followed by three years of probation, for embezzlement of union funds.  She was ordered to pay nearly $120,000 in restitution, plus a $100 special assessment fee.  Jacobs pleaded guilty in November.  IBEW Local 495 is based in Wilmington, N.C.  (OLMS, 3/5/07).  

 

Cincinnati-Area Contractor Sentenced for Thefts from Local

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