Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Tue, 06/29/2010 - 15:33
On March 24, Johnny Banes, former financial secretary for Local 2401 of the United Steelworkers of America, pleaded guilty in the Superior Court of Cobb County (Georgia) to theft of union funds in the amount of $38,329. He then was sentenced to ten years probation and ordered to pay restitution in the same amount. The union is located in Mableton, a suburb of Atlanta. The sentencing follows a probe by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 19:22
On January 28, Johnny Banes, formerly financial secretary of United Steelworkers of America Local 2401, was indicted in the Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia on one count of theft of $38,329 in funds from the Mableton, Ga. union. The indictment follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On March 24, Johnny Banes, former financial secretary for Local 2401 of the United Steelworkers of America, pleaded guilty in the Superior Court of Cobb County (Georgia) to theft of union funds in the amount of $38,329. He then was sentenced to ten years probation and ordered to pay restitution in the same amount. The union is located in Mableton, a suburb of Atlanta. The sentencing follows a probe by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On January 28, Johnny Banes, formerly financial secretary of United Steelworkers of America Local 2401, was indicted in the Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia on one count of theft of $38,329 in funds from the Mableton, Ga. union. The indictment follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
