A union job-training program isn’t a cookie jar. Somehow that didn’t impress Willie Brown. Brown, 52, was indicted in federal court for the Eastern District of Texas this April for embezzling at least $80,000 from the Apprenticeship and Training Fund of United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 237. Brown, who previously had served as president and training fund coordinator of the Texarkana union, committed eight alleged acts of theft during 1997-2002. The charges came in the wake of a joint investigation by the Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards and Employee Benefits Security Administration. (U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, April 1-September 30, 2007; John T. Floyd Law Firm, 12/10/07).
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