John Sigafus

Ohio Secretary-Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 01:00

On February 8, Betty Illig, former secretary-treasurer for Graphic Communications International Union Local 638-S and the Tri-State District Joint Council, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio to embezzling $145,675 in union funds and covering up the thefts by submitting false information on the union’s financial reporting forms.  Illig, a resident of East Liverpool, Ohio, a half-hour drive south of Youngstown, had been indicted last November.  The local is also based in East Liverpool.  (OLMS, 2/19/07; other sources). 

 

Former Treasurer in Michigan Sentenced for Records Fraud

Secretary-Treasurer in Wisconsin Charged with Theft, Forgery

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 10/22/2007 - 00:00

John Sigafus didn’t take the union auditor seriously.  He now has to take the county prosecutor seriously.  Sigafus, formerly secretary-treasurer of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Lodge W-335 in Superior, Wisconsin, was charged on September 27 in Douglas County District Court with embezzling more than $7,000 from his union.  According to the criminal complaint, Sigafus, 42, a resident of nearby South Range, Wisc., committed various acts of check forgery and improper bonus disbursements over a four-year period.  The local represents employees at Koppers Industries Inc., where Sigafus had worked.

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