On December 16, Sarah Crafts, former office manager of the Austin-based Texas Building and Construction Trades Council, was charged in U.S. District Court with one count each of embezzlement and conspiracy totaling $27,197, plus one count of embezzlement of $17,478. The charges follow an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards. (OLMS, 1/9/09).
