On January 21, Sonia McGuire, former treasurer of American Postal Workers Union Local 3434, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to five years probation, the first six months of which must be served in home detention, for embezzling funds from the Decatur, Ga. union. She also will have to pay $16,023.12 in restitution and a $100 special assessment. McGuire had pleaded guilty in November to embezzling funds in the same amount. The sentencing follows a probe by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On November 18, Sonia McGuire, former treasurer of American Postal Workers Union Local 3434, pled guilty in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to one count of embezzling funds from the Decatur, Ga. union in the amount of $16,023.12. The guilty plea follows a probe by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On September 15, Sonia McGuire, former treasurer of American Postal Workers Union Local 6434 in Decatur, Georgia, was indicted in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia for embezzling union funds in excess of $15,000. The alleged offenses took place between January 15, 2005 and April 28, 2008. The indictment follows a joint investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards and the U.S. Postal Service's Office of Inspector General.
