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Wisconsin Ex-Local President Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 02/13/2006 - 01:00

On January 13, Rebecca Bandt, ex-president of Local 717 of the United Food & Commercial Workers, pled guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of embezzling union funds totaling more than $14,000.  She had been indicted on a variety of charges in September.  The guilty plea follows an investigation by the Labor Department.  (OLMS, 2/3).

 

Washington State Employee Under Investigation for Embezzling $220K

Submitted by David Kendrick on Mon, 06/09/2003 - 00:00

According to an affidavit for a search warrant, a frmr. union employee is suspected of stealing $220,000 from the union's trust fund.  According to the affidavit, the woman admitted taking $220,000 from the Northwest Sheet Metal Organizational Trust, purportedly to help her husband's struggling company.  The frmr. employee told Monroe police that she would repay the trust from a $1 million lottery payoff.  But acc. to the Washington State Lottery Commission, there is no outstanding payment of $1 million, and the woman's name is not on its list of prize winners.  Trust Attny. Greg Petrie does not expect the ex-employee to repay the money, but that the trust is insured for theft by employees. [Seattle Times, 5/23/03]


W.Va. Woman Sentenced for Embezzlement

Another Guilty Plea in NYC MTA Fraud Case

Submitted by David Kendrick on Mon, 05/12/2003 - 00:00

On April 11, Morris Diminno, a former representative of the Intl. Union of Operating Engineers Local 14, pled guilty to conspiracy to receive, possess and dispose of money obtained by fraud and transported across state lines, unlawful labor payment, engaging in an unlawful monetary transaction, and obstruction of justice.  He agreed to forfeit $800,000 to the United States Government within 90 days from various assets. He had been indicted on April 16, 2002 on charges relating to the taking of payoffs to help developers at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's renovation site bill the MTA for no-show workers at inflated rates.  The charges had been brought following a joint investigation by the New York branch of the U.S. Ofc. of Labor-Mgmt. Standards (OLMS) and the FBI. [OLMS, 4/30/03]


Ohio Union Boss Held in Contempt

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