Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Tue, 03/30/2010 - 15:42
It's a familiar syndrome: Union official with gambling problem dips into the till to cover losses. Karen Snelling, formerly treasurer of the Gary Newspaper Guild, is yet another case. Snelling was sentenced on Thursday, March 18 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana to three years probation plus six months of home detention for theft of $18,100 in union funds. She had been indicted in September and pleaded guilty in December to embezzlement from the union, also known as Communications Workers of America Local 34014.
Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Fri, 01/29/2010 - 20:14
On December 10, Karen Snelling, former treasurer of Communications Workers of America Local 34014, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana to one count of embezzling $18,100 in funds from the Gary-based union. She had been indicted in September. The guilty plea follows an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 18:32
On September 17, Karen Snelling, former treasurer of Communications Workers of America Local 34014 in Gary, was indicted in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana on one count of embezzling $18,100 from her union during February 2004-September 2008. The indictment follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On December 10, Karen Snelling, former treasurer of Communications Workers of America Local 34014, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana to one count of embezzling $18,100 in funds from the Gary-based union. She had been indicted in September. The guilty plea follows an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On September 17, Karen Snelling, former treasurer of Communications Workers of America Local 34014 in Gary, was indicted in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana on one count of embezzling $18,100 from her union during February 2004-September 2008. The indictment follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
